In Under 10 Hours, Google Patches Chrome To Plug Hole Found At Its Pwnium Event

An anonymous reader writes "Last night, Google held its Pwnium 2 competition at Hack in the Box 2012, offering up a total of $2 million for security holes found in Chrome. Only one was discovered; a young hacker who goes by the alias 'Pinkie Pie' netted the highest reward level: a $60,000 cash prize and a free Chromebook (the second time he pulled it off). Google today patched the flaw and announced a new version of Chrome for Windows, Mac, and Linux."

60K vs. median annual wage/income

[DragonWriter]

60K USD isn't exactly "make you rich" territory in the US, but it's a hell of a lot of money for a teenager. That's pretty close to the median annual salary.

If by "pretty close" you mean "well above".

For 2010 (the most recent year for which statistics are available; the 2011 statistics should be available this month), the Social Security Administration [ssa.gov] figures show the median annual wage in the US as $26,363.55, and the average annual wage as $39,959.30.

So, $60K is more than twice the median annual wage and more than 1.5 times the average annual wage. Its also a more than the median household income ($50,054 in 2011, per the U.S. Census Bureau [census.gov]).