Researchers Solve Mystery Behind Everyday Online Security

Ten Anthropic researchers — John Wood, Henry de Valence, Ava Howell, Zack Voase, Lucy Sweet, Amir Omidi, Paul Crowley, Iain McGinniss, Nicholas Carlini and Steve Weis — solved the starter numbers set by NIST for online security. They claimed the full bounty October 15, 2026 at 01:07:51 UTC and gave it to internet safety group ISRG, tripled to $36,864.