Google is notorious for its bug bounty program that has long provided enterprising individuals big rewards for solving complex security problems, and the latest includes a bounty for anyone that is able to hack the Titan M2 chip used in the latest Pixel phones. Over on the company’s Bug Hunters blog, Google describes the latest series of potential security issues it’s trying to solve. Some of these, like the Titan M2 hack, aren’t necessarily an existing bug that Google needs a resolution for.
Rather, Google is seeking any potential vulnerabilities that it may have missed with the Titan M2 chip, and it’s willing to pay the big bucks to the person who’s able to find this security risk and provide the solution to patching it up. It’s easier said than done, of course, though the promise of a big payday is likely to have many people trying their hardest to complete Google’s task anyway.
Google is willing to pay up to a $1.5 Million bounty to anyone who can hack the Titan M2
Google actually has two bounties available that pertain to Android, both of which revolve around its Titan M2 chip. The first is the bigger reward: A whopping $1.5 Million bounty for anyone who’s able to provide a “zero-click full chain Pixel Titan M2 compromise with persistence.” The other bounty is for up to $750,000 for a compromise like this without the persistence. So either one nets the winner a pretty large sum of money.
Google is also offering some bounties for Chrome. This includes a bounty for up to $250,000 for full-chain browser exploits on new software and hardware. And yet another bounty for up to $250,128 (that’s a very specific figure) for “a report that successfully exploits an allocation we believe to be protected by MiraclePtr.” Google also notes that this is a bonus, so one person could technically end up with both payouts. Probably. Google is expected to move away from the Titan M2 and into the Titan M3 with the Pixel 11 according to the latest rumors.
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