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Re:Hacking OpenAI by tptacek on Thursday September 17, 2026 @11:57PM (#49750018)
There is probably no black market for this at all.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43025038

Re:Hacking OpenAI by kerenskiy on Friday September 18, 2026 @12:12AM (#49750107)
Okay, then first download all their sources (perhaps with model weights?) and sell that. Not the bug itself
Re:Hacking OpenAI by tptacek on Friday September 18, 2026 @12:17AM (#49750143)
Now you're not selling a vulnerability, you're planning a heist. That is a thing you can do!
Re:Hacking OpenAI by parhamn on Friday September 18, 2026 @12:11AM (#49750103)
> Valuations for server-side vulnerabilities are low, because vendors don't compete for them.

Why don't they?

Re:Hacking OpenAI by devmor on Friday September 18, 2026 @12:31AM (#49750218)
Because as soon as they are patched, they are worthless.

People pay for vulnerabilities because they want to exploit them - if there’s a limited window, there’s limited demand.

Even if there’s something worth a lot behind the exploit, a potential criminal would be better off obtaining whatever that is and selling it instead.

Re:Hacking OpenAI by lbrandy on Friday September 18, 2026 @01:26AM (#49750466)
You and I have both been here on HN nearing 20 years and you’ve been making this comment to that comment about bug bounties and the supposed black market value of exploits for the whole time. I suspect you’ll never run out of threads to correct. Thank you for your service.
Re:Hacking OpenAI by Mohansrk on Friday September 18, 2026 @03:02AM (#49751010)
curious, the bug allows dumping private repositories of openai, that sure has black market right?
Re:Hacking OpenAI by akerl_ on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:33AM (#49753496)
What criminal enterprise does getting private OpenAI repos fit into?