Google to pay $40,000 consolation prize to Pinkie Pie for not-quite breaking into Chrome OS

Pwnium hacker Pinkie Pie released a seven-step exploit chain against Googles Chrome browser, giving him silent remote code execution, also known as a drive-by-install. Google was offering $110,000 for pwnership (remote code execution with minimal user interaction) and $150,000. However, Google just announced that it would dip into the $,000,000 dollar prize fund to pay Mr Pie a a $40,000 consolation prize.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/19/google-to-pay-40000-consolation-prize-to-pinkie-pie-for-not-quite-breaking-into-chrome-os/