Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI
Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.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 get in through Discourse, the third-party service that hosts OpenAI’s community forums, by exploiting an issue with the system it uses to process HEIF images. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
- ▪Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.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 Anthropi
- ▪They were able to get in through Discourse, the third-party service that hosts OpenAI’s community forums, by exploiting an issue with the system it uses to process HEIF images.
- ▪This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Advertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
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- ▪ Security researchers used Claude to help them hack into OpenAI - The Verge — Google News
- ▪ Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI — Ars Technica
- ▪ Researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to hack into OpenAI — TechCrunch
- ▪ OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot — The Guardian — Tech
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