White hat hackers earned $1,047,000 for 76 distinctive vulnerabilities at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026, the automotive-focused hacking competitors organized this week by Development Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) in Japan.
The winner of the occasion, the Fuzzware.io group, earned a complete of $215,500 for its exploits. The group acquired the very best particular person reward: $60,000 for an Alpitronic HYC50 EV charger exploit delivered by way of the charging gun. ZDI described it as “the primary public exploit of a supercharger”.
Hacks concentrating on Autel and Phoenix Contact EV chargers earned Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 members $50,000 every.
Exploits geared toward ChargePoint, Alpitronic, and Grizzl-E chargers earned $40,000 every.
One noteworthy exploit concerned chaining three vulnerabilities to hack Automotive Grade Linux, incomes a researcher $40,000.
One other exploit highlighted by ZDI focused Tesla’s infotainment system. Researchers acquired $35,000 for a full hack executed by merely plugging in a USB stick.Commercial. Scroll to proceed studying.
Sony, Kenwood, and Alpine infotainment system, and Alpitronic, Grizzl-E, Autel, Phoenix Contact, and ChargePoint charger exploits earned researchers hundreds and even tens of hundreds of {dollars}.
Ultimately 12 months’s Pwn2Own Automotive, members acquired a complete of $886,000.
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