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Security · 18h ago

Hugging Face Breached by Autonomous AI Agent in Ironic Attack

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Hacker News ·

Hugging Face, the largest AI model repository, was hacked by an autonomous AI agent targeting its production infrastructure. The breach accessed internal datasets and credentials, highlighting AI-driven cyber threats. The company detected and responded to the incident last week.

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The breach underscores the double-edged nature of AI: the same technology powering open-source innovation can be weaponized against its own infrastructure.
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