WSJ: Three 'Guys With Claude and Codex Subscriptions' Hacked Into OpenAI's Monorepo
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-18
Per a wild WSJ story, three self-described "guys with Claude and Codex subscriptions" successfully hacked into OpenAI's monorepo—its main codebase.
Nathan Calvin amplified the report, and Garrison Lovely quipped that "OpenAI is a loss of control event masquerading as a company," underlining growing concerns that a frontier lab's security posture lags far behind its ambitions.
Related event: Researchers Used Claude to Breach OpenAI's Internal Codebase(22 posts)→
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