Teenager wins $60,000 for hacking into GoogleOctober 11, 2012 - 21:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A youngster who goes by the name Pinkie Pie made $60,000 for hacking into Google. In fact, Google was the one who paid up, VentureBeat News said. This is the second time the teenaged reverse engineer enthusiast was able to collect the grand exploit prize from Google in less than a year. In order to take advantage of the computer underground, Google recently began allowing anonymous participants to hack its Chrome systems with the understanding that they would report all vulnerabilities and collect a prize at the end. This second “Pwnium,” as it’s called, occurred at the Hack in the Box Conference in Kuala Lumpur. Google labeled the discovery “critical” and called it “another beautiful piece of work.” The company promises it will not release details about any of the vulnerabilities discovered during Pwnium unless the majority of users have been patched. Google announced the contest in August, promising up to $2 million in prizes to those with the best exploits. Those who found a “full exploit” win up to $60,000, whereas a “partial exploit” will bring $10,000 less. Google isn’t the only one with a program like this. The first Pwnium only offered $1 million in prizes, although that’s not exactly chump change for hacking into one of the most famous companies in the world. Facebook also financially supports a “bug bounty” program, which pays hackers and developers to find vulnerabilities in the social network’s systems. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. |