{"slug": "ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night", "title": "Ask HN: Anyone elses OpenAI and Claude API keys mysteriously leaked last night?", "summary": "A Hacker News user posting as \"par\" reported that 1 of 3 OpenAI API keys and 1 Claude API key were leaked around the same time last night, despite the keys being stored only on the user's laptop and server and not on GitHub. The Ask HN post, submitted 17 minutes before it was viewed, drew 1 point and no comments, and no cause or confirmation from OpenAI or Anthropic was provided.", "body_md": "| [Guidelines](newsguidelines.html) \\|[FAQ](newsfaq.html) \\|[Lists](lists) \\|[API](https://github.com/HackerNews/API) \\|[Security](security.html) \\|[Legal](https://www.ycombinator.com/legal/) \\|[Apply to YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/) \\|[Contact](mailto:hn@ycombinator.com) | \n\n|  | **[Hacker News](news)**[new](newest) \\|[past](front) \\|[comments](newcomments) \\|[ask](ask) \\|[show](show) \\|[jobs](jobs) \\|[submit](submit) | [login](login?goto=item%3Fid%3D49845022) | \n\n|  |  | [Ask HN: Anyone elses OpenAI and Claude API keys mysteriously leaked last night?](item?id=49845022) | \n|  |  | 1 point by [par](user?id=par)[17 minutes ago](item?id=49845022) \\|[hide](hide?id=49845022&goto=item%3Fid%3D49845022) \\|[past](https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Ask%20HN%3A%20Anyone%20elses%20OpenAI%20and%20Claude%20API%20keys%20mysteriously%20leaked%20last%20night%3F&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0) \\|[favorite](fave?id=49845022&auth=64020698d05139ac4a1c97d8510a9f1ee2b2c730) \\|[discuss](item?id=49845022) | \n|  |  | Seems 1 (out of 3) of my openapi keys and of 1 my claude keys was leaked last night all around the same time. My keys are only stored on my laptop and on my server, not on github. |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49845022", "published_at": "2026-09-25 14:16:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-25 14:33:26.640379+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-products", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Claude", "Hacker News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-anyone-elses-openai-and-claude-api-keys-mysteriously-leaked-last-night.jsonld"}}