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Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest

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Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest

By Gregg Keizer
Although Google's Chrome browser was the only one left standing after March's Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same bug that a German college student used to bring down Apple's Safari, Google said this week. Read full story

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