Why is OpenAI so slow to report hacks? Skeptics say it's either cover-up or incompetent monitoring
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-25
Reacting to OpenAI's slow disclosure of a hack, xlr8harder lays out two possibilities: they're withholding details, or they still don't actually know the extent until someone else points it out. He adds that if OpenAI's safety monitoring is competent, it should be able to retroactively detect all intrusion activity — so it had better not be the second scenario.
The thread, started by NathanpmYoung who hopes people sue OpenAI so current law applies to AI, was amplified by basedjensen. It reflects growing frustration with frontier lab transparency around security incidents.
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