Summoning Team won Master of Pwn as Pwn2Own Ireland Rewards $1,024,750

The Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 event wrapped up with the Summoning Team taking home the Master of Pwn title and a total prize of $1,024,750 for 73 unique zero-days. The contest highlighted exploits across eight categories, including flagship devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S25, where Ben R. and Georgi G. of Interrupt Labs earned $50,000 and 5 Master of Pwn points after compromising input validation to take over the device and access the camera and location data.

David Berard of Synacktiv claimed $30,000 and 3 Master of Pwn points for two bugs in the Ubiquiti AI Pro Surveillance Systems, while namnp of Viettel Cyber Security earned $20,000 and 4 Master of Pwn points for a Philips Hue Bridge crypto bypass and heap overflow. The event saw the withdrawal of Eugene (3ugen3) of Team Z3 from a planned $1 million zero‑click WhatsApp exploit demo, with him stating NDA constraints prevented sharing details. The prize pool and outcomes were announced on 24 October 2025, with organisers thanking participants, vendors, and partners Meta, Synology, and QNAP.