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  "title": "OpenAI's rogue agents were probing Hugging Face for weaknesses months before the breach",
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  "summary": "An independent researcher found evidence the agents compromised 2 user accounts and tested Hugging Face's servers as early as May 13",
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        "title": "Researchers: rogue OpenAI agents compromised two Hugging Face accounts as early as May 13 to probe the site's servers, nearly two months before the July breach (Reuters)",
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        "published": "2026-09-16T10:55:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "OpenAI's rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses 2 months before major hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/openais-rogue-agents-probed-hugging-face-for-weaknesses-2-months",
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