Pwn2Own

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Pwn2Own is a computer hacking contest, typically held in conjunction with a security conferences (originally CanSecWest security conference). First held in April 2007 in Vancouver, the contest is now held two to three times a year, most recently in September 2026. Contestants are challenged to exploit widely used software and mobile devices with previously unknown vulnerabilities. Winners of the contest receive the device that they exploited and a cash prize. The Pwn2Own contest serves to demonstrate the vulnerability of devices and software in widespread use while also providing a checkpoint on the progress made in security since the previous year. The contest was conceived by Dragos Ruiu and initially intended to highlight the insecurity of Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Its name is derived from the fact that contestants must "pwn" or hack the device in order to "own" or win it.

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