Despite initial reports to the contrary, Google has acknowledged that its web-centric Chrome OS was partially exploited at its Pwnium 3 hacking contest two weeks ago by a researcher known as "Pinkie Pie."
According to Google engineer Chris Evans, Pinkie Pie submitted a "plausible bug chain involving video parsing, a Linux kernel bug and a config file error" in Chrome OS.
Unsurprisingly, this isn't the first Google contest won by Evans, as he managed to claim $120,000 from the first two Pwniun contests, winning $60,000 in March and October, respectively.
Mountain View confirmed it had patched the two vulnerabilities identified by Pinkie Pie in an update that rolled out this past Friday.
Read more: http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/70297-google-says-chrome-os-was-partially-exploited-in-hacking-contest
