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The Hugging Face Hack Wasn't What It Was Cracked Up to Be

55 points · 45 comments · kgwgk

bryan0 · 1789869984 · focus · HN ↗
I would just recommend reading what actually happened: <a href="https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/" rel="nofollow">https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-inciden...
I don’t think downplaying what occurred is really beneficial to anyone.
1. m348e912 · 1789871740 · focus · HN ↗
  If you don't like reading, Dwarkesh Patel offers a solid summary of what happened based on the published report.
  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15N3l4RT80" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15N3l4RT80
  1. falaki · 1789881058 · focus · HN ↗
    How many security incident reports and postmortems has Dwarfish Petal written in his career? Does he understand the basics of system security? Can he tell the difference between secure and insecure configuration? Paint me skeptical.

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