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OpenAI hack exploited 9 JFrog zero-days to breach Hugging Face
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[1] OpenAI's Hugging Face hack confirmed months of AI cyber warnings: 'Pandora's box is open' (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/01/open-ai-huggi ...)[2] JFrog Zero-Days Exploited in OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack (https://www.securityweek.com/jfrog-zero-days- ...)[3] Hugging Face drops in-depth hack report, while OpenAI ... (https://fortune.com/2026/07/29/openai-hugging ...)[4] "OpenAI used zero-days in Artifactory in its attack on Hugging Face" - Techzine Global (https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/143262/ ...)
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