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The latest Hacktron news, : Three researchers used Claude to breach OpenAI's code repository in 72 hours, report says.
Hacktron is a security firm whose researchers, including Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati, and Rahul Maini, recently breached OpenAI. The team used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain vulnerabilities in a libheif image parsing bug and a shared SSO login weakness. This allowed them to compromise OpenAI employee accounts and access code repositories in under 72 hours.
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Three researchers used Claude to breach OpenAI's code repository in 72 hours, report says
Security researchers from Hacktron reportedly used Anthropic's Claude to infiltrate OpenAI's code repository in less than 72 hours, according to the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch. The breach combined a…
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Hacktron researchers used Claude Opus 5 to breach OpenAI staff accounts via chained flaws
Three researchers from security firm Hacktron used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain two flaws — a libheif image parsing bug in OpenAI's public Discourse forum and a shared SSO login weakness — to take over ChatGPT…
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As of 21 September 2026: Three researchers used Claude to breach OpenAI's code repository in 72 hours, report says. Security researchers from Hacktron reportedly used Anthropic's Claude to infiltrate OpenAI's code repository in less than 72 hours, according to the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch.
What is Hacktron?
Hacktron is a security firm whose researchers, including Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati, and Rahul Maini, recently breached OpenAI. The team used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 to chain vulnerabilities in a libheif image parsing bug and a shared SSO login weakness. This allowed them to compromise OpenAI employee accounts and access code repositories in under 72 hours.