Mysterious no-stars repo suspected of being a prompt injection to hack HuggingFace prod
jessi_cata · x · 2026-10-14
Researchers are examining a suspicious zero-star repo that appears to function like a prompt injection, potentially instructing AI agents to hack huggingface-prod. The repo was created after the HuggingFace hack (reported in July) but before it was publicly disclosed, raising speculation that someone with inside knowledge set it up.
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