Edition No. 89 · Sat 19 Sept 2026 · Story 12 of 49

An AI cybersecurity startup hacked OpenAI using Claude and got $6,500 for its efforts

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San Francisco startup Hacktron, with fewer than 10 employees, used Anthropic's Claude to exploit gaps in OpenAI's infrastructure as part of a bug bounty program.

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