Samsung’s premium smartphone hacked in 1 minute, hackers got Rs 20 lakh instead of punishment
Samsung Galaxy S22 is a premium smartphone, which was hacked by hackers in just 55 seconds. Interestingly, the Galaxy S22 was hacked four times in an event that ran between December 6 and December 8.
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Samsung Galaxy S22 Hacked: South Korean smartphone maker Samsung Galaxy S22 The handset is a flagship premium smartphone. Its price in the market is Rs 57,999. However, despite being so expensive, it phone hackers could not stand in front of According to reports, hackers hacked this Samsung phone in just 55 seconds. The research team of Pentest Limited planted a zero-day bug on the Samsung Galaxy S22 as part of a successful Improper Input Validation attack.
Hackers managed to hack Samsung’s smartphone in just 55 seconds i.e. less than a minute. In such a short time, hackers earned a lot of money by hacking the phone. In the Pwn2Own hacking contest, he got a prize of $ 25,000 i.e. approximately Rs 20,66,863. It is worth noting that in this event which lasted from December 6 to December 8, the Galaxy S22 smartphone was hacked four times.
Contestants from 14 countries participated
A total of 26 contestants from 14 countries participated in the Pwn2Own hacking contest. Bleeping Computer reports that on the first day of Pwn2Own, Toronto, the STAR Labs team and a researcher named Chim launched a successful attack targeting the Galaxy S22. In all the four cases, the smartphone was running on the latest version of Android operating system with all the updates installed.
Many categories included
During the hacking competition, the team and security researchers targeted devices in several categories. These included smartphones, home automation hubs, printers, wireless routers, network-attached storage and smart speaker categories. All these devices were completely up-to-date and in default configuration. At the same time, no team signed up to hack Apple iPhone 13 and Google Pixel 6 smartphones.
earned 8.1 crores
Contestants earned $9,89,750 (about Rs 8.1 crore) for 63 zero-day exploits across multiple categories, marking the end of the Pwn2Own Toronto 2022 hacking competition. At the same time, according to media reports, Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy S23 series in February 2023. The upcoming series will be announced at the Galaxy Unpacked event in America.
