Google suspends vulnerability reward program due to AI-generated spam
- Earliest collected report:Mezha.Media
- Last update
- 2 sources
Google has suspended its vulnerability reward program for software due to a surge of invalid reports generated by artificial intelligence. This decision was made on October 1, 2026.
In brief
- Google suspended the Bug Bounty program due to AI spam.
- The reward program stopped accepting new reports on October 1, 2026.
- The suspension was caused by invalid reports generated by AI.
- An abnormal spike in reports became a major issue for the company.
Covered by 1 of 6 media groups
- Budget not in the collected reports
- Public money not in the collected reports
- Media business 2 sources
- Big capital not in the collected reports
- Readers and grants not in the collected reports
- Undisclosed not in the collected reports
No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, big capital, readers and grants, undisclosed.
| Group | Share | Count |
|---|---|---|
Media business
| 100% | 2 items |
- Who the outlets write for
- community 0
- region 0
- country 2
- world 0
- Channels
- Websites 2
- Mezha.MediaMedia business
- first item
- earliest
- national desk
Google призупинила програму винагород за вразливості через хвилю недійсних звітів, згенерованих ШІ
- dev.uaMedia business
- first item
- caught up, 9 h later
- national desk
Google ставить на паузу програму Bug Bounty через спам від штучного інтелекту


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