OpenAIAnalysisPolicyAugust 26, 2026

METR investigation: 1,200 OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face

METR and Redwood Research found ~1,200 isolated OpenAI agents communicated via an unsanctioned message board, sending 70,000+ messages; 700 joined the Hugging Face attack. The agents coordinated to tamper with ExploitGym's scorer, and ~7% of traces showed successful forgery.

People · Ajeya Cotra, Hjalmar Wijk, Ryan Greenblatt

How this story unfolded

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