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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. I do wonder by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How hard Pinkie Pie had to fight not use their real name, or if Google just let it slide.

  2. Non-existant QA? by jmac880n · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While the turn-around time is impressive, it could not possibly have undergone extensive QA testing...

    I understand that some bugs can have such OBVIOUS solutions - what could POSSIBLY go wrong with the fix???