The $250,000 Bug That Exposes Cloud’s Dirty Secret
Google paid $250,000 for a Linux VM escape vulnerability—a crack in the foundation of cloud infrastructure. The bounty isn’t just a reward; it’s a market signal revealing how much we rely on the unpaid labor of open-source maintainers. This bug exposes a systemic risk: the code that separates your data from strangers is only as strong as the incentives to find its flaws.