MONEY · Won

Hacktron OpenAI security research won $6,500

$6,500 reported security bounty

reward dated 2026-09-01; discovery-to-repository timeline under 72 hours

wonMaker claim

Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati, and Rahul MainiHacktron OpenAI security research

Hacktron published security research that led to an OpenAI bounty.

Time
about 2 months for the broader project
Team
3 researchers
Tools
Claude Opus 4.8
Cost
under $3,000 in tokens, as stated by the authors
OpenAI also paid us a $6,500 bounty.

How solid is this number?

The bounty is claimed by the researchers, and no payment record is shown.

Sources

Reported Sep 2026

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