How he turned China into an award-winning iPhone hack against Uighurs
In March 2017, a group of hackers from China arrived in Vancouver with a goal: to find hidden weaknesses within the world’s most popular technologies.
Google’s Chrome browser, Microsoft’s Windows operating system, and Apple’s iPhones all intersected. But no one broke the law. These were some of the people who took part in Pwn2Own, one of the most prestigious hacking competitions in the world.
It was the 10th anniversary for Pwn2Own, a competition that attracts elite computer pirates from around the world with the lure of big prizes if they manage to exploit undiscovered software vulnerabilities, known as “zero days”. Once a bug is found, the details are left to the participating companies to give them time to fix it. Meanwhile, the hacker gets away with the economic reward and the right to be proud forever.