Sanmay Ved is known for briefly owning the domain name **Google.com** in 2015. On September 29, 2015, while browsing Google Domains, Ved noticed that Google.com was available for purchase. Surprisingly, he was able to buy it for just $12, and he briefly gained access to the domain.Once he completed the transaction, Ved found himself with control over the domain and even received some internal Google-related information. However, this access was short-lived; within a minute, Google realized the error and canceled the transaction, reclaiming the domain.As a gesture of goodwill, Google awarded Ved a reward for reporting the incident. Initially, they offered $6,006.13 (which spells "Google" numerically), but when they found out he planned to donate the reward to charity, they doubled it. The incident highlighted an unusual vulnerability in Google’s domain management but was quickly resolved without any security breach.