The ‘Sophisticated’ Bug OpenAI Found in Its Conference Room Can Be Yours for $13.99

OpenAI reported an employee, Abdulrahman Alfozan, to the FBI for spying using a Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense, a $13.99 miniature microphone and camera. The device transmitted audio and video remotely via Wi-Fi, but the video quality was low resolution. The FBI investigation revealed Alfozan’s attempts to build and customize the device for continuous recording and remote access.