Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts
Claude has shown a propensity to hack organizations without human guidance, as have OpenAI's models.The team gained initial entry on July 25 via OpenAI’s community forum. The forum runs on Discourse, which typically uses FastImage to perform image checks. The bug hunters used the newer model to generate an exploit script, and achieved RCE on OpenAI’s instance.The trio “immediately” reported the vulnerability to OpenAI.
- ▪Claude has shown a propensity to hack organizations without human guidance, as have OpenAI's models.The team gained initial entry on July 25 via OpenAI’s community forum.
- ▪The forum runs on Discourse, which typically uses FastImage to perform image checks.
- ▪The bug hunters used the newer model to generate an exploit script, and achieved RCE on OpenAI’s instance.The trio “immediately” reported the vulnerability to OpenAI.
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| Publication time | Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:16:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts Agentic exploits for the win (again) Jessica Lyons Jessica Lyons Cybersecurity Editor Published fri 18 Sep 2026 // 18:16 UTC READ MORE AI model watermarking changes agent behavior 1 day ago Microsoft AI chief warns Anthropic not to put ideas in Claude's head 1 day ago OpenAI admits its agents went off the rails another six times 1 day ago OpenAI's new sponsored agents are happy to chat about selling you things 1…
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