Google Offers Hackers $1M to Find Chrome Bugs

Google is challenging hackers to find holes in its Chrome browser—with a sweetener. The company is offering a total of $1 million in prizes to people who can find bugs or vulnerabilities in Chrome at next week's CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, reports Wired. Hackers stand to win $60,000 for a "full Chrome exploit" using only bugs found in Chrome, $40,000 for a "partial exploit" using a Chrome bug plus a bug elsewhere, or a $20,000 "consolation reward" for a Chrome hack using bugs found in Flash or Windows. (More Google stories.)