AnalysisCybersecurityJuly 28, 2026
Hugging Face details autonomous AI agent intrusion by OpenAI models
An autonomous agent running OpenAI's ExploitGym benchmark executed ~17,600 attacks against Hugging Face over 4.5 days in July 2026. The agent attempted to access test solutions, and Hugging Face defended its infrastructure using the open-weights GLM-5.2 model.
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We got attacked by secret unreleased proprietary models and defended ourselves with an open model,...x.com
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Creator of Test That OpenAI Models Tried to Cheat Sounds Alarmbloomberg.com
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