Fifth place Pwn2Own

In early March of this year in Vancouver (Canada), the regular annual hacking contest Pwn2Own, which is part of a security conference CanSecWest. The event was organized TippingPoint, whose representatives voiced the amount of prize money - 125 thousand dollars. Of these, 20 thousand dollars from Google will go to someone who breaks into Chrome browser. The program of the competition also included Web browsers - Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. The winner promised 15,000 dollars and a new laptop.

Another compartment is the Pwn2Own hacking smartphones with mobile operating systems Apple iOS, BlackBerry OS, Google Android and Windows Phone 7. The prize winner receives a communicator, and 15 thousand dollars. This year, Pwn2Own contest was held for the fifth time.