Episode 144: Google’s Top AI Hackers: Busfactor and Monke
Episode 144: Google’s Top AI Hackers: Busfactor and Monke  
Podcast: Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast
Published On: Thu Oct 16 2025
Description: Episode 144: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Joseph is joined by Vitor Falcão and Ciarán Cotter to discuss their success at the recent Mexico LHE, as well as their journey and routines in fulltime hacking. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcastGot any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: info@criticalthinkingpodcast.ioShoutout to YTCracker for the awesome intro music!====== Links ======Follow your hosts Rhynorater and Rez0 on Twitter: https://x.com/Rhynoraterhttps://x.com/rez0__====== Ways to Support CTBBPodcast ======Hop on the CTBB Discord at https://ctbb.show/discord!We also do Discord subs at $25, $10, and $5 - premium subscribers get access to private masterclasses, exploits, tools, scripts, un-redacted bug reports, etc.You can also find some hacker swag at https://ctbb.show/merch!Today's Sponsor: ThreatLocker. Check out ThreatLocker DAChttps://www.criticalthinkingpodcast.io/tl-dacToday’s Guests:Vitor Falcãohttps://x.com/busf4ctorCiarán Cotterhttps://x.com/monkehack ====== This Week in Bug Bounty======Securing the Age of AI Autonomy: Priorities for 2026https://www.hackerone.com/events/bionic-hacking====== Resources ======AI Vulnerability Reward Program Ruleshttps://bughunters.google.com/about/rules/google-friends/5222232590712832/ai-vulnerability-reward-program-rulesMy First 3 Months as a Full-Time Bug Bounty Hunterhttps://vitorfalcao.com/posts/3-months-as-a-full-time-bug-bounty-hunter/====== Timestamps ======(00:00:00) Introduction(00:02:32) Client side Bug Story & Vitor's BB journey(00:13:59) Google LHE Mexico takeaways(00:26:55) Full-time hunting reflections(00:33:39) Hacking routines(00:42:56) Hacking AI