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Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 uncovered 76 zero-day vulnerabilities in automotive systems including Tesla infotainment and EV chargers, paying out over $1 million to security researchers. The competition saw successful exploits of the Alpitronic HYC50 EV charger, Tesla systems, and Automotive Grade Linux. Additional security news includes France fining a company €3.5M for privacy violations involving 10.5 million users, a patched Gemini vulnerability that could expose calendar data through prompt injection, HackerOne's new AI research safe harbor framework, and the discovery of 149 million exposed credentials from infostealer malware.

Automotive systems get pwned at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026

France fines mystery company €3.5M for privacy violations

Gemini can be tricked into spilling your calendar secrets

Hackerone is totally fine with you attacking AI, as long as you follow the rules