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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."

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

    Oracle could take a lesson from this.

  2. Pinkie Pie? by Vylen · · Score: 5, Funny

    So a My Little Pony hacked up Chrome?

    I await the fan art for this visual image!

  3. 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.

    --
    ~ Best man at your service.
  4. 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???

  5. 60K vs. median annual wage/income by DragonWriter · · Score: 5, Informative

    60K USD isn't exactly "make you rich" territory in the US, but it's a hell of a lot of money for a teenager. That's pretty close to the median annual salary.

    If by "pretty close" you mean "well above".

    For 2010 (the most recent year for which statistics are available; the 2011 statistics should be available this month), the Social Security Administration figures show the median annual wage in the US as $26,363.55, and the average annual wage as $39,959.30.

    So, $60K is more than twice the median annual wage and more than 1.5 times the average annual wage. Its also a more than the median household income ($50,054 in 2011, per the U.S. Census Bureau).