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Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI

A team of three independent security researchers at Hacktron says it took less than 72 hours for them to hack into OpenAI employee accounts using Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 and 5, The Wall Street Journal reports. They were able to access OpenAI's GitHub repository, called "Monorepo," which reportedly contains "OpenAI's algorithmic secrets," according to The […]

So what

What this event means by reading role—not a longer recap.

  • BuilderIf three people with Claude and Codex subscriptions can chain a HEIF image bug to RCE in days, your third-party forum and image pipelines are the cheapest attac
  • ResearcherThis is a concrete case study of LLM-assisted vulnerability discovery and exploit adaptation across targets like Slack, Meta, and GitHub Ent for under $3,000 in
  • InvestorAI-assisted offensive security compresses exploit timelines and token costs, strengthening the case for AI-native security tooling and bug-bounty spend at platf

Score dimensions

Higher total means read first. Each bar is one factor we use to rank the system pool. How we score

RelevanceHow tightly this is about AI.
88
ImpactHow much this could change the field or the market.
82
NoveltyHow new this is versus a recap.
80
CredibilityHow much we trust the source.
85
ActionabilityWhether a reader can do something with it.
70
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