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Google is giving $350,000 to anyone that can hack the Nexus 6P and 5X

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One of today’s biggest companies – Google, is over over $350,000PHP 20,539,925INR 29,662,430EUR 333,305CNY 2,547,405 of cash prizes to whoever can ‘hack’ their famed Nexus Series, notably the Nexus 6P and 5X.

It is called Project Zero – a contest by Google to help exploit any security vulnerabilities within their Android OS platform.

According to the announcement:

“The goal of this contest is to find a vulnerability or bug chain that achieves remote code execution on multiple Android devices knowing only the devices’ phone number and email address. “

Google is offering $200,000PHP 11,737,100INR 16,949,960EUR 190,460CNY 1,455,660 as grand prize, $100,000PHP 5,868,550INR 8,474,980EUR 95,230CNY 727,830 as runner up, and atleast $50,000PHP 2,934,275INR 4,237,490EUR 47,615CNY 363,915 from Android Security Rewards awarded to additional winning entries.

In addition, participants who submit a winning entry will be invited to write a short technical report on their entry, which will be posted on the Project Zero Blog.

You can check out more details about the contest here.

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Pete Deyto
Pete Deyto
This article was written by Pete Deyto. A Tech-Enthusiast of all sorts, he is the Business Development Officer of Veer Technologies and Reality+, and the Corporate Relations Manager of VR Philippines. He is currently taking up B.S. Computer Science at the University of Santo Tomas.
  1. lol, kung hacker po ako kailangan ko pang bumili ng mamahaling huawei nexus 6p…
    kung android nougat security flaw, meron na akong android 7 na cherry mobile android one g1… kaya lang, wala akong alam sa hacking.
    dumudugo na nga ang aking ilong sa ilang mga tech articles dito.
    damn 350,000$…

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