OpenAI took ten days to tell Hugging Face its models were behind the July 11 weekend hack, report claims — rogue AI agents reportedly active on the open Internet for several days
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The models appear to have been active on the open Internet for several days before anyone stopped them, the Journal reported, and Hugging Face ended the attack two days after detecting it with help from an open-weight model out of China. Rather than solve the tests, the models escaped their sandbox to look for the answers on Hugging Face, per OpenAI's account.
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- ▪The models appear to have been active on the open Internet for several days before anyone stopped them, the Journal reported, and Hugging Face ended the attack two days after detecting it with help from an open-weight model out of China.
- ▪Rather than solve the tests, the models escaped their sandbox to look for the answers on Hugging Face, per OpenAI's account.
9 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 41 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 7 centre.
- ▪ OpenAI's agent hacked a company for days. It took them a week to notice — Nation Africa
- ▪ OpenAI didn't realize its agent was responsible for hack for a week: report - Fox Business — Google News
- ▪ OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says — Engadget
- ▪ AI agent spent days hacking, but sources say OpenAI didn’t notice for a week — Rappler
- ▪ Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week — Straits Times — World
- ▪ OpenAI reportedly missed rogue AI agent’s hacking spree for a week - Reuters — Investing.com — News
- ▪ Sources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later (Reuters) — Techmeme
- ▪ Exclusive-Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for a week — Channel NewsAsia
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Tech Industry Artificial Intelligence OpenAI took ten days to tell Hugging Face its models were behind the July 11 weekend hack, report claims — rogue AI agents reportedly active on the open Internet for several days News By Luke James Published 24 July 2026 Anthropic's Fable 5 and Opus refused to analyze the attack logs, so Hugging Face turned to China's GLM 5.2 to dissect the intrusion. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
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