![]() The Tianfu Cup is a significant summit as Chinese hackers do not participate in similar hackathon contests in other countries. They had to demonstrate the exploit, gain access to the device and crack the operating system. The contest rules were simple, teams were allowed three separate attempts to hack a device using an ‘original vulnerability or exploit’ within five minutes. The total prize money available for participants was nearly $2 million (approx. ![]() There were a total of 15 target products which the hackers were challenged to break into.Īll but 3 of the 15 target products were breached by Chinese hackers including Windows 10, iOS 15, Google Chrome, Microsoft Exchange server among others. Interestingly, the Tianfu Cup also organised a hackathon challenge for ethical hackers to break into some of the most commonly used operating systems, platforms, and software tools including Apple’s latest iOS 15.
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