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Welcome to Day One of Pwn2Own Automotive 2026! Today, 30 entries are taking the Pwn2Own stage to target the latest automotive systems, as the world's top security researchers push technology to its limits. Exploits, surprises, and breakthrough discoveries are already unfolding - follow along here for updates throughout the day as the competition continues. Stay up to date by following us on Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn, and Bluesky, and join the conversation using #Pwn2Own Automotive and #P2OAuto for continuous coverage.

A leak happened here somewhere,” Dustin Childs, head of threat awareness at Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), told The Register. “And now you’ve got a zero-day exploit in the wild, and worse than that, you’ve got a zero-day exploit in the wild that bypasses the patch, which came out the next day.