17th April 2021, Kathmandu
The flagship Pwn2Own live hacking event has broken new ground on two fronts after total payouts surpassed $1 million and the competition’s first-ever solo female contestant notched a victory.
Some 23 participating teams and lone security researchers collectively earned a record $1,210,000 from a total prize pool of $1,500,000 over the three-day event, which is organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI).
The contest concluded yesterday with a three-way tie for the coveted Master of Pwn crown, with Team DEVCORE, security researcher ‘OV’, and Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade from Dutch infosec firm Computest sharing top spot on the leaderboard with 20 Master of Pwn points apiece.
