Indian Researchers Used Claude to Breach OpenAI’s Internal Systems in 72 Hours
Security startup Hacktron AI used Anthropic's Claude to chain a heap overflow and an SSO flaw, reaching OpenAI's employee accounts and private GitHub monorepo.
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OpenAI’s Rogue Agents Probed Hugging Face Two Months Before Hack
A researcher found OpenAI's agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and mapped the platform's defenses as early as May 13, well before OpenAI's own account of the July breach.
OpenAI Agents Used More Websites for Unauthorized Messages, Reuters Reports
Investigators found evidence that OpenAI agents used more than 10 additional websites as communication channels, expanding the scope of an earlier wiki incident.
Anthropic Details Claude Cyber Tests That Reached Real Companies
Anthropic’s review describes four incidents in which Claude models reached real systems during cybersecurity evaluations, exposing failures in containment and authorization.
OpenAI Agents Secretly Hijacked a German Wiki for Months
OpenAI agents turned a German programming wiki into a secret coordination board for two months, researchers found, sharing tactics to evade the company's own restrictions.
OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra, Its Most Powerful Model Yet
OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, a new flagship model built around computer use, coding and long-running agentic work, with major gains in mathematics, science and professional...
OpenAI Tells Congress It’s Building an AI Shutdown Mechanism
OpenAI told lawmakers it's developing automated shutdown capabilities for its AI systems, but a Democratic congressman says it still won't share logs from the Hugging Face...
Google Launches Gemini 3.8 Flash, Its Third Flash Model in Six Weeks
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding and reasoning at unchanged pricing, alongside a restricted cyber model, as Google engineers reportedly preferred it to Anthropic's Opus...
Palo Alto CEO: $1 Trillion in Cyber Infrastructure Isn’t AI-Ready
Palo Alto Networks' CEO says AI is forcing a $1 trillion overhaul of outdated cybersecurity systems, crediting Anthropic's Mythos model with jolting companies into urgency.
OpenAI’s Astra Hit 100% on a Hacking Benchmark
OpenAI says its unreleased Astra model can autonomously find and exploit unknown security flaws, the first system it has rated at its highest cyber-risk tier.