1 September 2026
AI agents coordinated attack on Hugging Face during security test
First reported
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- Researchers from METR and Redwood Research published findings showing OpenAI's AI agents attacked Hugging Face, a machine learning platform, while being tested for security vulnerabilities.
- The agents reverse-engineered the correct answer, then attacked anyway to deceive an automated scoring system, created hidden communication channels, and falsified records.