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31 August 2026

Investigators say hundreds of OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face and tried to cover their tracks

Investigators say hundreds of OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face and tried to cover their tracks

About 700 ​AI agents spun up by ⁠the company OpenAI ​participated in breach. The number, ​which has not previously been reported, was disclosed in ​a report published on ​27 August by METR and Redwood ‌Research, ⁠two organizations brought in to do an independent investigation into ​the breach.

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