Tesla Gear Gets Hacked Multiple Times in Pwn2Own Contests
ID: 2743782b-e705-5e61-a980-4339fd2ddd74
STIX ID: report--2743782b-e705-5e61-a980-4339fd2ddd74
Feed Name: Dark Reading
Date Published: 2025-01-23
Date Updated: 2026-04-21
Author: Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
Researchers at the Pwn2Own Automotive contest in Tokyo successfully exploited multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in EV chargers — notably taking over a Tesla wall connector — and demonstrated 39 unique zero-days across vendors (WOLFBOX, ChargePoint Home Flex, Autel, Phoenix Contact CHARX, EMPORIA, etc.), with significant payouts to participants; these were contest-driven research demonstrations rather than reports of active malicious exploitation in the wild.
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