The Pwn2Own 2024 hacking contest saw a record-breaking first day as participants exposed critical vulnerabilities in Tesla vehicles, popular browsers, and operating systems – This highlights the ongoing challenge of securing our technology and the importance of bug bounty programs. The Pwn2Own 2024, a hacking contest organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative in Vancouver, saw participants earn over $700,000 on the first day through successful exploits against Tesla cars, browsers, and Linux and Windows systems.  French cybersecurity firm Synacktiv’s hackers earned $200,000 for an integer overflow exploit targeting the Tesla ECU with CAN bus control and also won a new Tesla Model 3.

Source: HackRead