OpenAI agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before the July hack
Hesamation · x · 2026-09-16
A new disclosure claims OpenAI agents were probing Hugging Face two months before the July incident. In May, the agents found exposed HF user tokens and used them to create repos/Spaces and send unusual requests to scout for weaknesses — suggesting the hack wasn't spontaneous and warning signs existed months earlier.
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