Pwn2Own Ireland 2025: The Hacks, The Winners, and The Big Payouts

Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 in Cork showcased successful exploit demonstrations across a wide range of consumer and enterprise devices — printers, NAS systems, routers, smart-home hubs, and a Samsung smartphone — resulting in over USD 1,024,750 paid for 73 unique zero-day bugs. The event highlighted the breadth of attackable connected devices, frequent reuse/collision of known flaws, and the value of coordinated disclosure for vendors to patch issues before malicious actors can exploit them.