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Google offers $2.7m prize fund for those that can hack Chrome OS
1/28/2014 11:53:00 AM
Google says it will pay from a $2.7 million pot to those capable of hacking the browser-based operating system, Chrome.
Google will host its fourth Pwnium hacking contest at a Canadian security conference in March where the prize money is on offer.
Hackers, for the first time, can now chose to hack the OS using Intel or ARM powered laptops. Prizes of $110,000 and $150,000 will be awarded to individuals or teams who can hack the Chrome OS. Those able to compromise an HP or Acer Chromebook, and remain in control after a reboot, will be rewarded the larger prizes.
READ: Chrome OS news
The $2.71828 million prize fund was chosen as 2.71828 comes from a mathematical constant that is the base of the natural logarithm. Obviously.
Last year just $40,000 was paid out to "Pinkie Pie" who managed a partial exploit. This year Google said it would consider larger bonuses for hackers who desomstrate: "particularly impressive or surprising exploit".
But even with these in play it's unlikely anyone will get near to claiming the entirity of the prize fund on offer.
Pwnium 4 takes place on 12 March at CanSecWest in Vancouver. The official rules are found on the Chromium Projects website.
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