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Google announced yesterday a six-month-long hacking contest named Project Zero Prize, free to enter, during which security researchers will be tasked with developing an exploit chain capable of compromising Android devices. Everyone is free to enter, but only the first researcher that delivers a working exploit will receive the contest's top prize, which is $200,000. Second place gets $100,000, while third place will get at least $50,000. Contest will take place side-by-side with Google's bug bounty program Google already runs its famous Vulnerabilities Rewards Program (VRP), the company's in-house bug bounty system, that dishes out monetary rewards for security researchers that file security bug reports. The contest will take place in parallel with the Google Android VRP. If a researcher wants to participate in the Project Zero Prize contest, they must file a bug report with the Android VRP for all the vulnerabilities they plan to use in their e... ...