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Security researcher Arvin Shivram used a custom AI-powered testing system to uncover dozens of vulnerabilities across Google's API ecosystem, earning more than $500,000 in bug bounty rewards.

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Google's API ecosystem

Who
Arvin Shivram and Google
What
Security researcher Arvin Shivram used a custom AI-powered testing system to uncover dozens of vulnerabilities across Google's API ecosystem, earning more than $500,000 in bug bounty rewards.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:51:42 GMT · 5h 11m ago
Where
Google's API ecosystem ·
Why
Shivram spent months building an automated platform capable of probing Google's APIs at scale to identify authorization and access-control weaknesses.
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The vulnerabilities found, including critical access control failures in Google Voice, Widevine DRM, and AdExchange, could have allowed attackers to retrieve sensitive user information and gain unauthorized access to accounts, demonstrating the escalating sophistication of AI-powered cyber tools.

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