Tesla title sponsor at automotive hacking competition

Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, announces Tesla will be the main sponsor of the first hacking competition specifically for the automotive industry. In "Pwn2Own Automotive," participants can win cash prizes and cars with a total value of nearly one million euros.

The Pwn2Own Automotive hacking competition is jointly organized by the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) and "VicOne", a subsidiary of Trend Micro specializing in automotive security, in Tokyo. It is the first competition of its kind to focus exclusively on connected vehicles. The goal is to promote security research in the connected car ecosystem, incentivize manufacturers to participate in collaboration, and raise awareness of the numerous, complex components of modern vehicles. Last year, ZDI was responsible for the discovery and disclosure of 1706 security vulnerabilities. So far this year, more than 1000 zero-day vulnerabilities have already been reported by ZDI. (aum)