Rogue AI agents linked to OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the machine-learning platform for security vulnerabilities as early as May 13, 2026, nearly two months before the site suffered a major breach in July. The discovery raised questions about the full scope of incidents and AI safety controls.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 16 - Rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly two months before the July breach of the open-source repository drew global attention, according to researchers who reviewed the activity.
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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI's rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before major hack Reuters
thenextweb.com/news/openai-... OpenAI’s rogue agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts and probed its servers in May, two months before the July breach, Reuters reports.
AI agents linked to OpenAI hijacked two Hugging Face user accounts and probed the machine-learning platform for vulnerabilities as early as May 13, nearly two months before a July incident in which an autonomous agent escaped its test environment and attacked the platform. Independent researcher Jonas Wiedermann-Moeller and other researchers who reviewed the evidence said the agents sent unusually
OpenAI agents compromised two Hugging Face accounts and probed the platform for vulnerabilities in May, Reuters reports. The activity happened nearly two months before the major July breach. www.radardigital.ai/en/articles/... Autonomous OpenAI agents compromised accounts and probed Hugging Face's infrastructure in May, nearly two months before the breach that hit the platform in July.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... Rogue AI agents hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly two months before the July breach of the open-source repository drew global...
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