Google Pixel 10 Exploits Earned Hackers $560,000 at Pwn2Own
Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 has come to an end, and participants earned more than $1.2 million for exploits targeting phones, printers, smart speakers, smart home hubs, a wellness device, AI infrastructure and coding tools, and cloud databases.
The highest rewards were paid out for Google Pixel 10 exploits, which were demonstrated by three teams. They collectively earned more than $560,000 for their work.
The Ikotas Labs team earned the full $300,000 payout by chaining multiple bugs to remotely hack a Pixel phone.
Tim Becker and Yves Bieri received $150,000 for their Pixel exploit — they did not get the full payout because their exploit involved a previously known flaw.
The third Pixel hack was demonstrated by Dimitrios Valsamaras and Ken Gannon, who earned $112,500 for an exploit that chained a zero-day with a previously known vulnerability.
Last year, Valsamaras and Gannon earned $50,000for hacking a Samsung Galaxy S25 device. They...
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