Pwn2Own Ireland pays $1.26 million for 98 zero-days
The results show which devices and AI tools held up, and which didn't.
Researchers at Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 exploited 98 previously unknown flaws over three days and collected $1,262,000. Ikotas Labs won with $361,000, including the top $300,000 award for chaining zero-days to hack the Google Pixel 10; the Samsung Galaxy S26 was hacked repeatedly. Targets this year included AI infrastructure and AI coding apps such as OpenAI Codex. Vendors have 90 days to patch before details are published. No one registered to attempt the iPhone 17.
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A hacking contest first held in 2007 in Vancouver, where contestants exploit widely used software and devices with unknown vulnerabilities. Winners get the device and a cash prize.
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