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Tesla hacked — The winning team got to keep the Model 3 it hacked. (Tesla)

Tesla Model 3’s onboard browser attacked successfully at Pwn2Own

Team "Flouroacetate" — aka Amat Cama and Richard Zhu — used the Tesla hack to cap off a dominant run in the competition.

Mar 24, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

Pwn2Own 2019 day two — Richard Zhu, in plaid shirt, and Amat Cama, right, watch as they compete in the 2019 Pwn2Own contest with a zero-day exploit against the Microsoft Edge web browser. (Zero Day Initiative / Twitter)

Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge succumb in web browser competition at Pwn2Own

The second day of Pwn2Own 2019 featured more successful attacks from the "Flouroacetate" team of Amat Cama and Richard Zhu.

Mar 22, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

Pwn2Own 2019 day 1 Flouroacetate — Richard Zhu, left, and Amat Cama celebrate one of their successes on the first day of the 2019 Pwn2Own competition in Vancouver. (Zero Day Initiative / YouTube)

Apple, Oracle, VMware products successfully hacked at Pwn2Own

Thursday's slate of demonstrations includes more attacks against web browsers — this time, it's Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

Mar 21, 2019 By Joe Warminsky

Alex Plaskett (AlaxJPlaskett), Georgi Geshev (munmap), Fabi Beterke (pwnfl4k3s) targeting Apple Safari with a sandbox escape at Pwn2Own 2018

Hackers beat Firefox and Safari to earn $105K at Pwn2Own

Chinese contestants from major companies had been dominating the contest in recent years, but new regulations from Beijing prohibited them from joining this year's fray.

Mar 16, 2018 By Patrick Howell O'Neill