7 comments

  • karussell 1 hour ago
    • uxhacker 1 hour ago
      Weird how the original story only got 12 points five days ago, and 3 comments but todays story 22 whilst I am writing this.
      • karussell 45 minutes ago
        A few aspects of this article are strange or not well expressed.

        Why does it matter if Cathedral follows some bug bounty rules? Black hats don't follow rules.

        And IMO the citation about acting irresponsible when a company "relies on conventional business software" is taken out of context and is about AI safety, not a vulnerability in Slack.

  • cassianoleal 8 minutes ago
    The headline is wrong. It should read:

    > AI startup's agent goes rogue, hacks Anthropic, ...

  • trio8453 44 minutes ago
    Hacker News really living up to its name these past few days.
  • ArcHound 1 hour ago
    That's not something you want to see before IPO. Wonder if it'll have an effect on the potential investors and thus the stock price. Also wonder if it then would have left-over effect on other AI stocks.

    My popcorn is ready, seems we're up for an interesting week or several.

  • neuronexmachina 34 minutes ago
    I'm curious which software was the entry point:

    > According to a draft report reviewed by The Washington Post, Cathedral used AI agents to find weaknesses in business software used by Anthropic for administrative and sales tasks. The researchers found ways to access internal data, including meeting transcripts and Slack messages, after running their agents for less than 12 hours.

  • Simulacra 1 hour ago
    It's like the hacker that hacks into a company to schedule himself for a job interview
    • bliteben 54 minutes ago
      Why wouldn't he just bribe employees like everyone else does?
      • refactor_master 43 minutes ago
        Bribery is illegal. This? This is just agents doing agent things, and who can blame them. Agents will be agents.
        • gambiting 35 minutes ago
          Bribing employees of private companies as a private person is not illegal(well, maybe it is where you live but I can't know the law everywhere).
          • ramon156 29 minutes ago
            private to private bribery is illegal, it doesnt matter if you're private or not. this is true in most EU countries, as well as the US, so I'm unsure where you're from
  • kalenkilgore 1 hour ago
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