In 2007, security researchers Alexander Sotirov and Dino Dai Zovi founded the first annual Pwnie Awards, a ceremony centered on recognizing the year’s best and worst achievements.
What just happened? CrowdStrike’s recent colossal failure that crippled systems, communications, and transportation shocked the world. Rather than shy away from the blunder, the company opted to once again own up to the incident, this time in one of the most visible (and funny) ways possible: by accepting an award at the Pwnie Awards.
In 2007, security researchers Alexander Sotirov and Dino Dai Zovi founded the first annual Pwnie Awards, a ceremony centered on recognizing the year’s best and worst achievements in information security. Since then, security professionals and past winners have continued the annual tradition of selecting the industry’s best (and worst) representatives.
Judges select winners across eleven different categories, including «Best Cryptographic Attack», «Most Innovative Research», and «Epic Achievement.
