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In Under 10 Hours, Google Patches Chrome To Plug Hole Found At Its Pwnium Event

Posted by Soulskill on from the omg-pwnies dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last night, Google held its Pwnium 2 competition at Hack in the Box 2012, offering up a total of $2 million for security holes found in Chrome. Only one was discovered; a young hacker who goes by the alias 'Pinkie Pie' netted the highest reward level: a $60,000 cash prize and a free Chromebook (the second time he pulled it off). Google today patched the flaw and announced a new version of Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux."

2 of 113 comments (clear)

  1. What about Java? by roidzrus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oracle could take a lesson from this.

  2. Second time is very good for him. by epSos-de · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who would have thought that legal hacking can make you rich faster than a day job. I bet he can live quite OK with the prize money, until the itch for luxury will create more need for money.

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