Pwn2Own Day 1: Researchers Win $282,500 by Hacking Chrome, Flash, Safari

During the first day of the Pwn2Own 2016 hacking contest that’s taking place in Vancouver, Canada, hackers took home $282,500 for finding new security flaws in applications such as Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari.

Leaders after the first day are the 360Vulcan Team (Qihoo 360) after they have demonstrated two successful exploits that pocketed them $132,500.