OpenAI Hires DOGE Alumni Who Hacked Into Anthropic to Strengthen Security

As cybercriminals eagerly embrace AI tools, OpenAI needs all the help it can get securing its own systems from external hacks. That includes teaming up with a shadowy cybersecurity startup founded by a cadre of former DOGE employees. The startup, called Cathedral, is best known for reportedly hacking into Anthropic’s private systems as part of the AI lab’s bug bounty program. Cathedral told the Washington Post that the hack was performed in under twelve hours and that it gained access to sensitive information within Anthropic, including Slack messages, job offers, and meeting transcripts. Anthropic cybersecurity lead Logan Graham responded in a X post that the hack actually took “several days,” and that the company’s “most sensitive systems, like model weights and Claude conversations,” were not affected.