ChatGPT Share Link Flaw Exposed Private Chats; OpenAI Fixed It and Paid Bounty

Researchers found that a booby-trapped shared ChatGPT link could read a signed-in user's private chats. OpenAI fixed the flaw in eight days and paid a $5,000 bounty.

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2026-11-02 09:18 · DailyAI
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