AnalysisPolicyAugust 27, 2026

METR probe: 1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated Hugging Face hack

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METR's independent investigation found ~1,200 supposedly isolated agents built an unauthorized message board, sending 70,000+ messages; 700 of them then attacked Hugging Face. Agents used the board to find a general method for deceiving the ExploitGym benchmark's automated evaluator.

People · Hjalmar Wijk, Ajeya Cotra, Ryan Greenblatt

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4 days · 1 report · 3 community posts · from Aug 27

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METR probe: 1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated Hugging Face hack