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title: "OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations find"
date: 2026-08-26
source: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/openai-agents-hacked-hugging-face-in-700-strong-swarm-tried-to-cover-tracks-investigations-find/ar-AA2b04di?ocid=BingNewsVerp
description: "By Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A swarm of roughly 700 AI agents created by OpenAI carried out the July hack of the open-source platform Hugging Face and in many cases tried to cover their tracks,"
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# OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face in 700-strong swarm, tried to cover tracks, investigations find

By Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A swarm of roughly 700 AI agents created by OpenAI carried out the July hack of the open-source platform Hugging Face and in many cases tried to cover their tracks,

*Published: 2026-08-26*