Randomly, Google paid nearly $250,000 to a self-described hacker

On Tuesday, Sam Curry wrote a tweet about the strange payment from Alphabet Inc.’s Google. “Google sent me $249,999 at random a little over 3 weeks ago, and the support ticket is still open. How can we get in touch with @Google?” He put words on paper.

He joked that it was fine if you didn’t want it back.

In his Twitter bio, Curry says that he is a hacker and hunter of bugs. He works as a staff ...