An ex-Google employee accidentally bought the domain name Google.com for just Rs 800 ($12) while testing out Google's domain-name registration service, Google Domains. He was briefly the rightful owner of one of the internet's most valuable domains, highlighting a security failure within Google's internal system. Google's security team recognized the vulnerability and rewarded the ex-employee with $12,012.26 for disclosing the weakness. The ex-employee donated the entire reward to a non-profit organization that provides free education to disadvantaged children in India.

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