Hugging Face took 48 hours to detect intrusion while Snort alerts in minutes, analyst argues it's a cybersecurity failure
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-04
Commentator AlexTensor summarized an InternetOfBugs video analyzing the OpenAI–Hugging Face security incident: it's a cybersecurity problem, not an AI problem.
- Hugging Face's LLM took roughly 48 hours to detect the intrusion; conventional tools like Snort and Tripwire generate intrusion alerts within minutes
- Cybersecurity frameworks assume human (or AI-enabled) error and organizational failure are inevitable — systems must stay secure despite them, even when the software is called AI
- The video chides people who don't know how to secure systems and believe their only recourse is to ask AI to protect them
- Conclusion: the incident reflects a cybersecurity and organizational failure, not evidence that an AI "went rogue" or that security principles no longer apply
- The author tagged LeCun, Gary Marcus, and others
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