{"id":159867,"date":"2024-03-26T09:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T00:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/?post_type=research-achieve&#038;p=159867"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:03:59","slug":"seunghyun-lee-from-hacking-lab-advisor-insu-yun-wins-1-9-billion-won-prize-at-international-hacking-contest-pwn2own","status":"publish","type":"research-achieve","link":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/research-achieve\/seunghyun-lee-from-hacking-lab-advisor-insu-yun-wins-1-9-billion-won-prize-at-international-hacking-contest-pwn2own\/","title":{"rendered":"Seunghyun Lee from Hacking Lab (Advisor: Insu Yun) Wins 190 million Won Prize at International Hacking Contest &#8216;Pwn2Own&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seunghyun Lee from Hacking Lab (Advisor: Insu Yun) Wins 190 million Won Prize at International Hacking Contest &#8216;Pwn2Own&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u00a0<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-159868\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Inline-image-2024-03-25-08.45.23.377.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"279\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&lt;(from left) Professor Insu Yun, Seunghyun Lee student&gt;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Seunghyun Lee from Hacking Lab (Advisor: Insu Yun) at KAIST&#8217;s EE Department, achieved notable prize at the international hacking contest &#8216;Pwn2Own,&#8217; held from March 20th to 21st at Toronto, Canada. Seunghyun Lee discovered and successfully exploited two browser vulnerabilities, earning a total prize of $145,000 (approximately 190 million won).<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">During this competition, Seunghyun Lee also achieved a &#8216;double tap&#8217; by exploiting a vulnerability in both Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers simultaneously.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8216;Pwn2Own&#8217; is a hacking contest in which big global IT companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple participate as partners. It targets actual products that constitute the core of modern computer systems, such as browsers, operating systems, and virtual machines. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This contest not only provides prize money and prestige but also contributes to enhancing user safety\/privacy by patching vulnerabilities discovered after the competition.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Professor Insu Yun evaluated this award as proof that KAIST&#8217;s hacking skill has reached a global level and expressed his expectation for the emergence of many talents who will developinto top researchers and hackers at KAIST in the future. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This achievement, recognized at an international competition, serves as an opportunity to showcase KAIST&#8217;s technological prowess and students&#8217; excellence to the world.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-159870\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/\uadf8\ub9bc1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"237\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1139<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":159880,"template":"","research_category":[],"class_list":["post-159867","research-achieve","type-research-achieve","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-achieve\/159867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-achieve"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/research-achieve"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"research_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research_category?post=159867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}