Vulnerability Reward Program: 2024 in Review (Google Online Security Blog)

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Posted by Dirk Göhmann In 2024, our Vulnerability Reward Program confirmed the ongoing value of engaging with the security research community to make Google and its products safer. This was evident as we awarded just shy of $12 million to over 600 researchers based in countries around the globe across all of our programs. Vulnerability Reward Program 2024 in Numbers You can learn about who’s reporting to the Vulnerability Reward Program via our Leaderboard – and find out more about our youngest security researchers who’ve recently joined the ranks of Google bug hunters. VRP Highlights in 2024 In 2024 we made a series of changes and improvements coming to our vulnerability reward programs and related initiatives: The Google VRP revamped its reward structure, bumping rewards up to a maximum of…
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Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes? (Krebs on Security)

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At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon’s cousin. The profile of Branden Spikes on X. When President Trump took office again in January, he put the world’s richest man — Elon Musk — in charge of the U.S. Digital Service, and renamed the organization as DOGE. The group is reportedly staffed by at least 50 technologists, many of whom have ties to Musk’s companies. DOGE has been enabling the president’s…
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Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes? (Krebs on Security)

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At 49, Branden Spikes isn’t just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk’s most loyal employees. Here’s a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon’s cousin. The profile of Branden Spikes on X. When President Trump took office again in January, he put the world’s richest man — Elon Musk — in charge of the U.S. Digital Service, and renamed the organization as DOGE. The group is reportedly staffed by at least 50 technologists, many of whom have ties to Musk’s companies. DOGE has been enabling the president’s…
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