Valentina Palmiotti, known as Chompie, won major prizes at Pwn2Own Berlin and credited AI tools with helping her find bug bounties. She warned that powerful systems such as Mythos could make it difficult for even champion hackers to keep competing. Anthropic claims Mythos has identified 1,600 vulnerabilities across hundreds of software programs, and says the model is released only to select governments and cybersecurity institutions due to potential risk. Pwn2Own, run by the ZeroDay Initiative, invites ethical hackers to discover vulnerabilities in specific products. This year, nearly $1.3m was awarded for 47 new hacking methods, which were reported to companies for remediation before criminals could exploit them. Chompie demonstrated successful hacks, including a Nvidia-linked system and a Linux-based target, and described intense preparation and “zombie hacker mode.”
"Valentina Palmiotti, better known as Chompie, was the most successful individual at the annual Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin. She told BBC News that, for now, AI tools were helping her to win “bug bounties” - money given to hackers who spot vulnerabilities in online systems before they can be exploited by cyber-criminals. But she said systems like Mythos were so powerful that even champion hackers like her would soon struggle to compete with them."
"Its maker, Anthropic, claims the model has been able to find 1,600 vulnerabilities in hundreds of software programmes. It says that makes Mythos so potentially dangerous that it can only be released to a select few governments and cyber-security institutions. Pwn2Own is run by the ZeroDay Initiative and invites human ethical hackers around the world to find vulnerabilities in specific products."
"Nearly $1.3m (970,000) was awarded to hackers this year who collectively discovered 47 brand new hacking methods on various programmes, websites and software. The flaws have all been reported to grateful companies which are now fixing them before criminals can find the same holes. On day one of the contest, Chompie successfully demonstrated how to hack one system linked to Nvidia - wining $20,000."
"But she then said she had to enter what she called “zombie hacker mode” to prepare for the next day. “As soon as I won the first prize I ran back to my hotel room to keep working on the other one. I worked from 6pm til 6am and didn't sleep,” she said. It was worth it, and footage from the event shows her looking happy and tired on stage as she successfully hacked into a Linux based system to win $50,000."
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