he owned google.com for one minute .
former google employee sanmay ved purchased google.com for $ 12 at 1:20 a.m.
he bought the domain ownership of it .
google sent ved is probably one of the more interesting reward recipients .
despite being warned that the domain for its popular web mail service was up for renewal , it seems microsoft - or whoever had the task of managing its hotmail.co.uk domain - overlooked this vital piece of administration .
so - called domain squatters often try to get ahead of potential , hypothetical products and register domain names -- say , " appleflyingcar.com " -- on the cheap exclusive microsoft was busy covering up an almighty cock - up last night after forgetting to renew its hotmail.co.uk domain name .
google 's security bounty programs can be quite lucrative for those who discover problems , and the company has just published a report looking back at the security landscape in 2015 .
if you 're wondering about android joins security rewards android was a newcomer to the security reward program initiative in 2015 and it made a significant and immediate impact as soon as it joined the program .
the new owner - a good hearted soul - then proceeded immediately to contact microsoft , inform the giant of starting in 1996 , alexa internet has been donating their crawl data to the internet archive .