{"slug": "openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot", "title": "OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot", "summary": "A team at a US-based cybersecurity startup compromised multiple OpenAI employees' ChatGPT accounts, using Anthropic's Claude chatbot to help carry out the hack, according to The Guardian. The researchers said the \"scope of what we could theoretically access was huge,\" gaining access to their target's software cache and potentially more. The incident is the latest in a series of security issues at OpenAI.", "body_md": "# OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)\n\nUS cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’\n\nCybersecurity researchers have hacked into [OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai) with the help of [Anthropic](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/anthropic)’s [Claude](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/claude) [chatbot](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/chatbot), in the latest example of [security issues](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/26/openai-staff-observed-warning-signs-before-ai-agent-hacking-crusade-caused-global-alarm) at the company.\n\nA team at a US-based startup compromised multiple OpenAI employees’ [ChatGPT](https://www.machinebrief.com/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude) accounts, starting a process that enabled them to access their target’s software cache – and potentially more.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/openai-hacked-anthropic-claude-chatbot)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.\n\n## Key Terms Explained\n\n[Anthropic](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/anthropic)\n\nAn AI safety company founded in 2021 by former OpenAI researchers, including Dario and Daniela Amodei.\n\n[Chatbot](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/chatbot)\n\nAn AI system designed to have conversations with humans through text or voice.\n\n[Claude](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/claude)\n\nAnthropic's family of AI assistants, including Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus.\n\n[OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai)\n\nThe AI company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and Whisper.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatb-nep2", "published_at": "2026-09-18 11:20:44+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-18 12:24:34.971073+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-products", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Claude", "ChatGPT", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-ethically-hacked-with-help-of-anthropics-claude-chatbot.jsonld"}}