whurley slams Hugging Face hack drama: those involved clearly violated the CFAA
whurley · x · 2026-09-18
- SXSW co-founder whurley quotes a piece titled "The Hugging Face Hack Wasn't What It Was Cracked Up to Be" and argues the people involved plainly violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030).
- He criticizes selective enforcement of existing law while new laws strip rights from entrepreneurs and innovators.
- He calls the entire AI drama around the incident "premeditated, unfounded, and dumb."
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