Under $50 Supply-Chain Attack Backdoors Open 7B Model to Steal Credentials

Researchers demonstrated a sub-$50 supply-chain attack that backdoors an 'abliterated' open-source 7B model, causing Codex to exfiltrate credentials when triggered, highlighting risks of unaudited open models.

2026-10-07 ~ 2026-10-08 · 2 related posts

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