Ph0wn CTF 2026 "Flag Ship" will be on March 13-14, 2026

Ph0wn (pronouced like *phone*) is a Capture The Flag (CTF) and Workshops events dedicated to smart devices. Anything "smart" - that ranges from smartphones, IoT, Operational Technology (OT) to ... Artificial Intelligence (yes, because Intelligence is normally smart, right?). It's an on-site CTF: participants interact with equipment.

Key Information

Some of our best examples:

  • Ph0wn 2017: make a Parrot drone take off without the app.
  • Ph0wn 2018: find the flag on a custom watch face for the Amazfit Bip smartwatch.
  • Ph0wn 2019: add a functionality to a connected Nespresso machine.
  • Ph0wn 2022: hack a connected jump rope.
  • Ph0wn 2023: communicate with the EchoStar XXI satellite.
  • Ph0wn 2024: fix vulnerabilities of an app for M5 Stick C.
Each year, we also strive to create Android, retro-gaming, hardware, OSINT and programming challenges.