--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "a4fb47582a3dfda32db3c04d73b7dc2050ffbbedbc6e14260c19b055a302aaa6" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/a4fb4758?lang=en" title: "XBOW Wins Google $250,000 Bounty for 6 Day AI Chrome Exploit" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-13T17:41:12.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["google","safety"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/cybersecurity/xbow-wins-google-250000-bounty-for-6-day-ai-chrome-exploit-1e0f71b4","https://marketbrief.now/cybersecurity/xbow-wins-google-250000-bounty-for-6-day-ai-chrome-exploit-1e0f71b4"] summary: "Security firm XBOW won a $250,000 Google bounty for developing a full-chain Chrome exploit that can seize control of Windows computers via the web browser. The exploit, developed in 6 days using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and $40,000 of compute resources, is the first full-chain reward awarded under Google's 2026 rules and the second in Chrome's history, targeting an estimated 1 billion Windows users. Google and XBOW have urged users to update Chrome to mitigate the risk of attacks that can read emails and passwords without a user clicking a phishing link." --- # XBOW Wins Google $250,000 Bounty for 6 Day AI Chrome Exploit > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-13T17:41:12.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** google, safety ## Summary Security firm XBOW won a $250,000 Google bounty for developing a full\-chain Chrome exploit that can seize control of Windows computers via the web browser\. The exploit, developed in 6 days using OpenAI's GPT\-5\.6 Sol and $40,000 of compute resources, is the first full\-chain reward awarded under Google's 2026 rules and the second in Chrome's history, targeting an estimated 1 billion Windows users\. Google and XBOW have urged users to update Chrome to mitigate the risk of attacks that can read emails and passwords without a user clicking a phishing link\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()