Rival hacking contests kick off today with $1.1M at stake

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224976/Rival_hacking_contests_kick_off_today_with_1.1M_at_stake

By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
March 7, 2012

Two hacking contests kicked off in Canada today, with hundreds of 
thousands of dollars in prize money up for grabs.

HP TippingPoint's Pwn2Own and Pwnium, Google's offshoot, both begin 
today at CanSecWest, a security conference that runs March 7-9 in 
Vancouver, British Columbia.

Just a week ago, there was to be only Pwn2Own, now in its fifth year, 
with both TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the company's bug 
bounty program, and Google promising to pitch in prize money.

For its part, ZDI committed $105,000 that would award $60,000 for the 
top score in a three-day event combining zero-day bug exploits with 
on-site hacking challenges.

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