Swipe, Plug-in, Pwned: Researchers Find New Ways to Hack Vehicles
Security researchers exploited dozens of vulnerabilities in vehicle infotainment systems and EV chargers during the latest Pwn2Own contest at Automotive World 2026.
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Security researchers exploited dozens of vulnerabilities in vehicle infotainment systems and EV chargers during the latest Pwn2Own contest at Automotive World 2026.
The first team to successfully hack the electric vehicle maker's charger won $50,000 for their ingenuity.
There will be four major categories in the 2025 retread of the hacking competition, with prizes ranging for each challenge, from $20,000 to half a million.
Zero Day Initiative awarded a total of $732,000 to researchers who found 19 unique cybersecurity vulnerabilities during the first day of Pwn2Own.
Hacking teams pick apart electrical vehicles (EVs), exposing them for what they are: safety-critical computers without commensurate security.
In two days, ethical researchers from 10 countries have unearthed more than 22 zero-day bugs in a wide range of technologies at the annual hacking contest.