WhatsApp Hack-a-Thon: $1 Million Bounty Awaits in Pwn2Own 2025!
Get ready, hackers! The Zero Day Initiative has put up a mind-boggling $1 million bounty for a zero-click WhatsApp exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025. With Meta co-sponsoring, this is your chance to turn glitches into gold. The clock’s ticking—grab your code and head to Cork!
Hot Take:
Who knew the road to becoming a millionaire could be paved with zeroes? The Zero Day Initiative is making it rain with a million-dollar bounty for finding a zero-click exploit in WhatsApp. Forget the lottery; just find a bug, and you might be swimming in cash. But watch out, this isn’t your average treasure hunt—it’s more like a hacker’s Easter egg hunt, except the eggs explode with code execution!
Key Points:
- The Zero Day Initiative is dangling a $1 million carrot for a zero-click WhatsApp exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025.
- Meta, Synology, and QNAP are co-sponsoring the event, which promises to be a hacker’s paradise from October 21-24 in Cork, Ireland.
- Eight categories are up for grabs, including mobile phones, messaging apps, and even Meta’s trendy Ray-Ban Smart Glasses.
- The mobile category now includes USB port exploitation, challenging hackers to break into locked devices physically.
- Last year’s event dished out over a million bucks in rewards, with Viettel Cyber Security claiming $205,000 for their digital prowess.
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