Hackers Cash In: $320K Earned at Zeroday.Cloud Hackathon!
Researchers earned $320,000 at the Zeroday.Cloud live hacking competition in London, thanks to exploits targeting open source technologies. With a whopping $4.5 million prize pool, hackers demonstrated their skills across AI, Kubernetes, and more. The standout moment? A $40,000 prize for a Linux kernel exploit. Looks like hacking pays… in cloud currency!
Hot Take:
Looks like the Zeroday.Cloud hacking competition was more like a ‘hack-tion’ movie with a plot twist of researchers cashing in $320,000 for finding vulnerabilities in cloud technologies. Move over Ocean’s Eleven, we’ve got Wiz’s Eleven!
Key Points:
- Wiz, in collaboration with AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, hosted the Zeroday.Cloud competition in London.
- The total prize pool was $4.5 million, with rewards ranging from $10,000 to $300,000.
- Researchers earned $320,000 for 11 successful exploits out of six different categories.
- The highest payout was $40,000 for a Linux kernel exploit.
- Targets like Redis, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB were repeatedly exploited for hefty rewards.
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