This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude, and won a $6,500 bounty
Cybersecurity startup Hacktron successfully identified vulnerabilities in OpenAI's infrastructure by utilizing Anthropic's Claude AI. The company received a $6,500 bounty for reporting the security gaps, which could have allowed unauthorized access to user accounts.
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This highlights the dual-use nature of AI in cybersecurity, where models can be used both to discover and potentially exploit infrastructure vulnerabilities.
An AI startup found vulnerabilities in OpenAI's infrastructure. illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images Hacktron, a small cybersecurity startup, hacked into OpenAI's codebase with the help of Claude. The company flagged vulnerabilities in OpenAI's systems and was paid $6,500 for the discovery. The potential for malicious AI agents to go unchecked has recently spurred fears of an AI apocalypse. A small AI startup used Claude to hack into OpenAI's internal codebase shortly after the OpenAI Hugging Face hack . Zayne Zhang, the cofounder and CEO of Hacktron, told Business Insider that his research team has begun investigating security vulnerabilities at frontier AI companies like OpenAI to determine whether they have gaps that could be exploited by AI agents. Hacktron is a San Francisco-based AI cybersecurity startup. In July, Zhang's team discovered some gaps in OpenAI's infrastructure.
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