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Between July 2025 and June 2026 Microsoft awarded more than $20 million across 2,531 eligible reports from 562 researchers. The averages are the interesting part, and so is what they say about who can actually make a living this way.
The UK dropped its first secret order in 2025 after American pushback. It issued a second. Apple has now filed a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, and the underlying demand is unchanged: access to backups that are end-to-end encrypted by design.
Reported almost everywhere as a $1 billion fine, the figure is €890 million: €460m for preferencing its own services in Search and €430m for restricting how developers steer users to cheaper deals. The consequence that matters is what happens after day 60.