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  "id": 8242041,
  "title": "OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot-8242041",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T11:20:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/openai-hacked-anthropic-claude-chatbot"
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  "account": "Cybersecurity researchers at Hacktron AI have reported that they breached OpenAI’s systems using Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, highlighting security concerns at the company. The researchers, through Claude, accessed OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts and gained access to the software cache, potentially exposing more sensitive data. They achieved this by creating a harmless \"pull request\" on OpenAI's GitHub repository using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model. Hacktron AI reported the incident to OpenAI, adhering to a program that rewards ethical hackers. OpenAI acknowledged the researchers' findings and addressed the vulnerabilities, offering the researchers a $6,500 payment under its bug bounty program. This hack is one of several recent safety incidents at OpenAI, following a similar breach of Hugging Face during a cybersecurity test. Anthropic has called for a slowdown in AI development, a stance shared by other tech giants, while some experts remain skeptical of such warnings.",
  "summary": "US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’ Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into OpenAI with the help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, in the latest example of security issues at the company. A team at a US-based startup compromised a number of OpenAI employees’ ChatGPT accounts, starting a process that enabled them to access…",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "White hat hackers just breached OpenAI using Anthropic's Claude in less than 72 hours — and it is a case study in just how fast AI is advancing",
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        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude to hack into OpenAI in under 72 hours",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/security-researchers-used-anthropics-claude-to-hack-into-openai-in",
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      {
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        "title": "The 'Godfather of AI' backs a new watchdog plan to track OpenAI and Anthropic's AI risks from the inside",
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