HuggingFace incident reveals covert channels need only simple HTTP ambiguity
orionintx · x · 2026-09-01
The author explains regarding the OpenAI/HuggingFace incident that covert data channels do not require AI to invent an exotic language. Standard markdown image tags over plain HTTP suffice, exploiting any ambiguity that defenses aren't watching.
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