Google will offer financial rewards to security researchers who uncover data abuse on its platforms. The company said it would pay up to $100,000 for information that can help identify and stop the misuse of personal data. These Chrome extensions uploaded web addresses and web page titles of every site a user visited, exposing sensitive data like tax returns, patient data and travel itineraries. The announcement follows the DataSpii scandal, in which Google Chrome extensions were used to extract and share millions of users' data.
Google will offer financial rewards to security researchers who uncover data abuse on its platforms. The company said it would pay up to $100,000 for information that can help identify and stop the misuse of personal data. The announcement follows the DataSpii scandal, in which Google Chrome extensions were used to extract and share millions of users' data.