A group of young Chinese hackers affiliated with internet giant Tencent won US$215,000 by gaining unauthorised access to Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s phones at an international mobile hacking challenge in Tokyo last week.
The Tencent team, called Keen Security Lab, beat a rival team led by cybersecurity research platform MWR Labs to claim the title of Master of Pwn at Mobile Pwn2Own 2016 on October 26.
The hackers exploited vulnerabilities to access Google Nexus 6P and IPhone6s while their latest software and program patches were running, said the event’s organiser Trend Micro, a US-based internet security company. For the full article click here
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