# ChatGPT Flaw Exposes Private Chats to Malicious Link Attacks > Source: > Published: 2026-10-31 06:53:29+00:00 A critical security flaw in ChatGPT was recently discovered, allowing hackers to access private conversations through malicious links - a vulnerability that was fortunately patched within just eight days. OpenAI responded swiftly, shelling out a $5,000 bug bounty to the security researchers who exposed the weakness.