OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services
News AI OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services The agent used publicly available credentials to gain access to other services. By Mariella Moon July 29, 2026 4:40 am EST Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock OpenAI has updated its blog post about the rogue agent that breached Hugging Face and admitted that it also infiltrated other other third-party accounts and services to achieve its goal. In the updated post, the company said it has been finding "a small number of cases where the models identified and used publicly exposed credentials at the account-level on other publicly-available services" during its ongoing review.
- ▪News AI OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services The agent used publicly available credentials to gain access to other services.
- ▪By Mariella Moon July 29, 2026 4:40 am EST Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock OpenAI has updated its blog post about the rogue agent that breached Hugging Face and admitted that it also infiltrated other other third-party accounts and services to a
- ▪In the updated post, the company said it has been finding "a small number of cases where the models identified and used publicly exposed credentials at the account-level on other publicly-available services" during its ongoing review.
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| Publication time | Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:40:56 +0000 |
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News AI OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services The agent used publicly available credentials to gain access to other services. By Mariella Moon July 29, 2026 4:40 am EST Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock OpenAI has updated its blog post about the rogue agent that breached Hugging Face and admitted that it also infiltrated other other third-party accounts and services to achieve its goal. In the updated post, the company said it has been finding "a small number of cases where the models identified and used publicly exposed credentials at the account-level on other publicly-available services" during its ongoing review.
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