Ciarán Cotter

@monkehack

• Irish/Japanese web/AI hacker from Cork, living in Scotland • Founder @StarstrikeAI • BT6 Operator • Newsletter @ monke.ie

Edinburgh, Scotland

Ciarán Cotter
@monkehack
Aug 28
I’ve been strongly considering creating a YouTube channel for MonkeHacks in parallel with the newsletters. I don’t make money on it, so it’s just for fun. And I think it would be nice to have some more resources out there on hacking AI and navigating the bug bounty landscape rn.
Ciarán Cotter
@monkehack
Aug 21
Are you feeling lost in the age of AI in bug bounty?
Yes45.3%
No30.8%
Show results23.8%
344 votesFinal results
Ciarán Cotter
@monkehack
Aug 20
This tree analogy is good
Jamieson O'Reilly
@theonejvo
Aug 20
Here's an example from nature that I find fits well. A tree that is 10% taller than its neighbor doesn't just get 10% more light; it secures a multiplier that allows it to grow exponentially faster. So thhe taller tree expands its leaves, captures a disproportionate share of
Ciarán Cotter
@monkehack
Aug 20
Hacking for the sake of it is what it’s all about
Joseph Thacker
@rez0__
Aug 20
New blog post :) 😊 hacking nethack to get #1 on the leaderboard! shout out to @7urb01 for being the inspiration josephthacker.com/hacking/2026/0…
Ciarán Cotter
@monkehack
Aug 19
One of the problems with bug bounty is that you can report the most severe bug that the company may ever see in its lifetime and it'll sit in platform triage queues for a few days before the team even sees it