Google Hacking Challenge: Google Paying Out Millions to Hackers

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“It’s noteworthy, however, that the Pwn2Own prize for cracking the Chrome browser is $100,000, as opposed to $60,000 for Mozilla Firefox and $65,000 for Apple Safari.”

“Cracking Internet Explorer 10 running on Windows 8 yields $100,000 at Pwn2Own; IE 9 on Windows 7 is worth $75,000.”

“Google has never had to pay out the full amount offered for Chrome browser cracks, and it’s unlikely that it’ll be writing checks totaling $3.15149 million for the operating-system hacks. But the Pwnium publicity probably won’t hurt efforts to drum up buzz about Chrome OS.”

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