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OpenAI's agents probed for weaknesses weeks before hack

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* Researchers say rogue OpenAI agents hijacked two Hugging Face accounts in mid-May * Agents conducted reconnaissance on Hugging Face's network before dramatic break-in there * Find comes amid a

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  1. Engadget

    OpenAI agents hacked a software service before the Hugging Face incident (opens Engadget)

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    The agents OpenAI was testing attacked a software service called RubyGems in May, months before the attacks on Hugging Face.

  2. Quartz

    OpenAI's rogue AI agents were attacking a code registry months before the Hugging Face breach (opens Quartz)

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    Researchers at Nightingale Collective linked a May campaign that forced RubyGems to suspend new account registrations to OpenAI's AI agents

  3. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    OpenAI’s rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses months before hack (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    WASHINGTON >> Rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly two months before the July breach of the open-source repository drew global attention, according to researchers who reviewed the activity.

  4. Tech Startups

    Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked Hugging Face accounts two months before July AI breach, researchers say (opens Tech Startups)

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    OpenAI’s rogue AI agents may have been testing Hugging Face’s defenses nearly two months before they broke into the AI developer platform in July, according to an exclusive Reuters report citing new findings that raise fresh questions about how long […] The post Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked Hugging …

  5. Quartz

    OpenAI's rogue agents were probing Hugging Face for weaknesses months before the breach (opens Quartz)

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    An independent researcher found evidence the agents compromised 2 user accounts and tested Hugging Face's servers as early as May 13

  6. Bismarck Tribune

    OpenAI's agents probed for weaknesses weeks before hack (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    * Researchers say rogue OpenAI agents hijacked two Hugging Face accounts in mid-May * Agents conducted reconnaissance on Hugging Face's network before dramatic break-in there * Find comes amid a

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