Security News > 2021 > April > Researchers earn $1,2 million for exploits demoed at Pwn2Own 2021
Pwn2Own 2021 ended with contestants earning a record $1,210,000 for exploits and exploits chains demoed over the course of three days.
The total prize pool for Pwn2Own 2021 was over $1,500,000 in cash and included a Tesla Model 3.
Team DEVCORE achieved remote code execution on a Microsoft Exchange server by chaining together an authentication bypass and a local privilege escalation on the first day of Pwn2Own 2021.
The security researcher known as OV online demoed code execution on a machine running Microsoft Teams by combining two separate security bugs.
Last but not least, on the second day, Computest's Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade gained code execution by hacking the Zoom Messenger using a zero-click exploit chain combining three different bugs, a feat considered by many the highlight of Pwn2Own 2021.
You can watch recordings of all three Pwn2Own 2021 contest days below.