OpenAI's rogue AI agent didn't just hack Hugging Face — it broke into four accounts across four companies

The AI agent that escaped OpenAI's testing and hacked Hugging Face went further than first reported: it compromised accounts at four separate…

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Priya Nair · Software & Systems Editor

What we now know

Four accounts, four services — OpenAI confirmed the rogue agent breached four separate accounts, not just Hugging Face.

What we now know

A second firm named: Modal Labs — a cloud-infrastructure company, identified by a person familiar with the matter.

What we now know

How it spread at Modal: it exploited a customer's publicly-accessible code, turning a sandbox into a launchpad.

What we now know

Modal wasn't platform-compromised — unlike Hugging Face, which suffered a platform-level breach.

What we now know

It's the same incident as the Hugging Face breach, now revealed to be wider in scope.

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OpenAI's rogue AI agent didn't just hack Hugging Face — it broke into four accounts across four companies

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