{"id":121732,"date":"2026-05-06T08:53:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/google-will-pay-you-1-5m-if-you-can-hack-the-pixels-titan-m2-chip\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T09:07:38","slug":"google-will-pay-you-1-5m-if-you-can-hack-the-pixels-titan-m2-chip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/google-will-pay-you-1-5m-if-you-can-hack-the-pixels-titan-m2-chip-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Google will pay you $1.5M if you can hack the Pixel&#8217;s Titan M2 chip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_Jt\" style=\"max-width:1340px\"><picture class=\"e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.27%;aspect-ratio:1340 \/ 754\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-scaled.jpg.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google-pixel-9a-pixel-10-pro-3-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_Ov e_Kt\">\n<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_L\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for an advanced zero-click Pixel hack targeting the Titan M2 security chip.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, Google is cutting payments for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities and cutting back on several bonus categories.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers can still earn up to $250,000 for full-series Chrome exploits, and the MiraclePTR bonus remains untouched.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google is cutting rewards for simple Android and Chrome exploits, but is offering a massive $1.5 million reward to anyone who can achieve a zero-click, permanent hack of the Pixel&#8217;s Titan M2 chip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google in a new update to its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Program (VRPs) <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bughunters.google.com\/blog\/evolving-the-android-chrome-vrps-for-the-ai-era\">announced<\/a> It is reworking payments to focus less on low-impact reports and more on complex bugs that seriously impact users. The changes are already live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>The main news is about Android. Google now offers up to $1.5 million (was previously $1 million) for certain advanced Android exploits, including zero-click attacks on Pixel devices with Titan M security chips. A non-permanent version pays $750,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_pk e_ok\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_em\"><picture class=\"e_im e_jm e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_im e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Chrome is moving in the opposite direction. Google says it&#8217;s reducing some Chrome Rewards payouts and cutting bonus categories as AI-generated vulnerability reports become more common. The company still encourages security researchers to submit reports, but now prioritizes concise, reproducible findings with clear evidence of impact over the number of submissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Special bonuses for renderer RCE or arbitrary read\/write are being removed. Google says AI has made these types of searches &#8220;almost routine.&#8221; Instead, the team is releasing special Chrome builds so that researchers can perform arbitrary reads\/writes to privileged processes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google now pays up to $250,000 for a full range browser process exploit on the latest operating systems and hardware. The famous $250,128 MiraclePTR bonus is still available. However, other payouts are decreasing, even though Google says the total reward pool will increase for 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Over the past year, Google has expanded its AI-focused security efforts. In 2025, the company launched a dedicated AI bug bounty program for products like Gemini, Google Search, and Workspace AI tools. Researchers can earn up to $30,000 for finding serious AI-related vulnerabilities, such as instant injection attacks, unauthorized actions, or data exfiltration flaws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>Google says the new VRP structure matches the way vulnerability research is changing. AI tools make it easier to find simple bugs, so Google now wants to reward searches that require more technical skills and that show real-world risk. The company also encourages researchers to submit fixes with their reports, not just provide evidence that a flaw exists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_Cc e_L\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority TL;DR Google is now offering up to $1.5 million for an advanced zero-click Pixel hack targeting the Titan M2 security chip. Meanwhile, Google is cutting payments for basic Android and Chrome vulnerabilities and cutting back on several bonus categories. Researchers can still earn up to $250,000 for full-series Chrome exploits, and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[28754,2061,2319,4003,1293,16792,17916],"class_list":["post-121732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-devotionals","tag-1-5m","tag-chip","tag-google","tag-hack","tag-pay","tag-pixels","tag-titan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121784,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121732\/revisions\/121784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}