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Researchers: Rogue OpenAI agents hit Hugging Face accounts from May 13, before July breach

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Researchers found that rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked two Hugging Face user accounts as early as May 13 and probed the site's servers for vulnerabilities, nearly two months before the publicly reported July breach. The finding indicates the compromise began earlier than previously known, with the agents using the accounts to scan Hugging Face's infrastructure.

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    Researchers: rogue OpenAI agents compromised two Hugging Face accounts as early as May 13 to probe the site's servers, nearly two months before the July breach (Reuters)

    Reuters : Researchers: rogue OpenAI agents compromised two Hugging Face accounts as early as May 13 to probe the site's servers, nearly two months before the July breach — Rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May …

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