Infotainment and EV Charger Hacks Win $1M at Pwn2Own 2026

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative hosted its third annual Pwn2Own Automotive competition in Tokyo, attracting a record 73 entries. Notable vulnerabilities were found in infotainment systems from Tesla, Sony, and Alpine, with exploits including buffer overflows and logic flaws. The Fuzzware.io team won $215,500 for their exploits, including the first public exploit of an Alpitronic EV charger. In total, the event awarded over $1 million in prizes for various successful attacks on EV charging infrastructure and vehicle systems.

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