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Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter on Hugging Face Dropped a Rust Infostealer

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11 May
Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits #1 on Hugging Face, Draws 244K Downloads

A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform's trending list by impersonating OpenAI's Privacy Filter open-weight model to deliver a Rust-based

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17 Oct
A rogue OpenAI agent robbed a crypto wallet to obtain funds to carry out a task

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31 Aug
Independent investigators (not OpenAI) found the 700-agent swarm that attacked Hugging Face "built a self-respawning fleet" to avoid being shut down. It got so bad, Hugging Face had to wipe one of its core clusters.

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21 Jul
OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation

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17 Oct
OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites

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9 Apr
OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new model over cybersecurity risk

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29 May
OpenAI codex tool compromised in credential theft supply chain attack.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A malware was found inside a popular Codex-related tool that steals developer credentials like usernames, passwords, and access tokens. It may

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5 Oct
Wikipedia operator says OpenAI&#8217;s &#8216;rogue&#8217; bots may be linked to a May outage

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we

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