Security News > 2022 > May > Windows 11 hacked three more times on last day of Pwn2Own contest
On the third and last day of the 2022 Pwn2Own Vancouver hacking contest, security researchers successfully hacked Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system three more times using zero-day exploits.
All other contestants hacked their targets, earning $160,000 after taking down Windows 11 three times and Ubuntu Desktop once.
The first to demonstrate a Windows 11 escalation of privilege zero-day on the third day of Pwn2Own was nghiadt12 from Viettel Cyber Security.
Pwn2Own 2022 Vancouver ended with 17 competitors earning a total of $1,155,000 for zero-day exploits and exploits chains demoed over three days after 21 attempts, between May 18 and May 20.
On the first day of Pwn2Own, hackers won $800,000 after successfully exploiting 16 zero-day bugs to hack multiple products, including Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system and the Teams communication platform, Ubuntu Desktop, Apple Safari, Oracle Virtualbox, and Mozilla Firefox.
Security researchers demonstrated six Windows 11 exploits during the contest, hacked Ubuntu Desktop four times, and demoed three Microsoft Teams zero-days.