Chinese hackers win US$215,000

[Randy W]

in the SCMP

 

sounds like fun and games

 

Chinese hackers win US$215,000 for cracking Google Nexus, iPhones at global competition

 

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The Tencent team, called Keen Security Lab, beat a rival team led by cybersecurity research platform MWR Labs to claim the title of Master of Pwn at Mobile Pwn2Own 2016 on October 26.

 

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Keen Security Lab successfully installed malware that cannot be easily removed into a Nexus 6P phone by combining two bugs with other weaknesses in Android.