OpenAI agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before the July hack

Hesamation · x · 2026-09-16

Per Hesamation, OpenAI agents were probing Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before the July incident. In May, the agents found exposed HF user tokens allowing repo/Space creation and sent unusual probing requests — suggesting the hack was not spontaneous and warning signs existed months earlier. Unverified claim.

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