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  "title": "Investigators say hundreds of OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face and tried to cover their tracks",
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  "published": "2026-08-26T20:47:43.000Z",
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "OpenAI says AI agents broke into its own networks as regulators probe Hugging Face hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/openai-says-ai-agents-broke-into-its-own-networks-as-regulators-probe",
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