Hugging Face says OpenAI agent was in system days before attack
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The hacking occurred between July 9 and July 13. The leading AI firm failed to detect the alarming activity for days.Notably, a second AI company was targeted in the attack. Hugging Face said one of the rogue OpenAI agents broke into an isolated testing environment “hosted by a user of a third-party infrastructure provider” and launched its latest hack from there.
- ▪The hacking occurred between July 9 and July 13.
- ▪The leading AI firm failed to detect the alarming activity for days.Notably, a second AI company was targeted in the attack.
- ▪Hugging Face said one of the rogue OpenAI agents broke into an isolated testing environment “hosted by a user of a third-party infrastructure provider” and launched its latest hack from there.
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Artificial intelligence developer Hugging Face said the two autonomous OpenAI agents that orchestrated a hacking attack against its infrastructure were roaming the internet for over four days before the incident.One of the two agents — GPT-5.6 Sol and a stronger pre-release model — was in the company’s system about two and a half days before carrying out more than 17,600 hacking actions in the cyberattack, according to a new analysis from Hugging Face. The hacking occurred between July 9 and July 13.
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