Google awarded ~$1.6 million to security researchers during a recent hackaton event.
The event focused on the Google Cloud platform and helped patch 91 valid vulnerabilities.
The hackaton accounted for two-thirds of the bug bounties paid for Google Cloud this year.

Blog: Hardening Google Cloud: Insights from the latest Cloud VRP bugSWAT
Check out this blog post for more on the inaugural Cloud-focused bugSWAT, hosted by the Cloud VRP, and how events like this help boost Google's security posture in close collaboration with external researchers.
(bughunters.google.com)