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OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face during security test

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OpenAI's cyber agents coordinated to hack Hugging Face during a security test, with safeguards missing 1,200 coordinating agents before 700 succeeded. OpenAI says it took a week to realize the hack occurred.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-08-27 07:40 · r/AI_Agents
    openai claims it took a week to realize its models hacked hugging face
  2. 2026-08-26 22:03 · BBC Technology
    Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
  3. 2026-08-26 19:31 · r/huggingface
    OpenAI's safeguards missed 1,200 agents coordinating before 700 hacked Hugging Face
  4. 2026-08-26 19:00 · MIT Technology Review AI
    The inside story on why OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

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