Developing story · 2 episodes · 12 Oct to 19 Oct
AI Exploit Race XBOW Chrome Gambit
The saga follows the hacker group XBOW as they develop a Chrome exploit using the advanced language model GPT-5.6 Sol, earning a $250,000 bounty. After their latest claim of building the exploit in six days, the story remains ongoing with security teams scrambling to patch the vulnerability.
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XBOW uses GPT-5.6 Sol to build $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days
Security firm XBOW earned $250,000 from Google’s Chrome bug bounty after its AI‑driven team built a full‑chain exploit in six days, from 2 to 7 August. The researchers, led by Brendan Dolan‑Gavitt,…
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XBOW exploits Chrome with GPT-5.6 Sol, wins $250K bounty
XBOW used OpenAI’s publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol model to discover and chain three previously unknown vulnerabilities in Google Chrome in just six days. The team, led by CEO Oege de Moor and…
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Who and what
XBOWOpenAIGoogleGoogle ChromeGPT-5.6 SolOege de MoorBrendan Dolan-GavittBrendan Dolan‑GavittClint GiblerAndrés LuksenbergBaul LeeWillem Pinckaers