Hugging Face says an AI-agent-powered cyberattack hit its systems
EchoOfOppenheimer · reddit · 2026-07-21
Hugging Face confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack that used an AI agent. The report says the incident was unusual enough that the team described it as unlike anything they had handled before.
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