OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
“OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges.The suit was filed by Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) and the law firm Gerstein Harrow in California Superior Court in San Francisco, where OpenAI is headquartered. It alleges that OpenAI’s agents violated California’s Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) by breaching Hugging Face over the summer. OpenAI “asked the government to tie them to the mast.
- ▪“OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges.The suit was filed by Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) and the law firm Gerstein Harrow in California Superior Court in San Francisco, whe
- ▪It alleges that OpenAI’s agents violated California’s Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) by breaching Hugging Face over the summer.
- ▪OpenAI “asked the government to tie them to the mast.
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Lily Hay NewmanSecuritySep 29, 2026 3:05 PMOpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face HackA nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA legal nonprofit sued OpenAI in a California court on Tuesday over the company’s agents escaping a testing environment and hacking the open source AI platform Hugging Face. “OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges.The suit was filed by Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology (LASST) and the law firm Gerstein Harrow in California Superior Court in San Francisco, where OpenAI is headquartered.
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