Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack? OpenAI issued a press release explaining what had happened and said it...
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- Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
- OpenAI issued a press release explaining what had happened and said it was "partnering with Hugging Face" to address the security incident and share lessons learned.
- Or was it a publicity stunt by OpenAI to show off how powerful their models are?
- One of the top comments on OpenAI boss Sam Altman's X post about the incident summarises this scepticism: "If y'all can't understand that this was written to purely brag about the model then I don't know what to tell you." Cyber-security consultant Daniel Card said sarcastically on LinkedIn: "Isn't it lucky [that] out of the millions of sites that got pwn3d [hacked], OpenAI managed to pwn someone who also could benefit from the marketing exposure…" For some, the story is more conspiracy drama than sci-fi thriller.
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Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack? OpenAI issued a press release explaining what had happened and said it was "partnering with Hugging Face" to address the security incident and share lessons learned. Or was it a publicity stunt by OpenAI to show off how powerful their models are? One of the top comments on OpenAI boss Sam Altman's X post about the incident summarises this scepticism: "If y'all can't understand that this was written to purely brag about the model then I don't know what to tell you." Cyber-security consultant Daniel Card said sarcastically on LinkedIn: "Isn't it lucky [that] out of the millions of sites that got pwn3d [hacked], OpenAI managed to pwn someone who also could benefit from the marketing exposure…" For some, the story is more conspiracy drama than sci-fi thriller. "The OpenAI and Hugging Face incident is a real-world example of a broader issue we've been highlighting for months," said Dor Sarig from Pillar Security. "Sandboxes alone are not a sufficient security boundary for agentic AI." Firm hacked by rogue OpenAI models says it is 'a wake-up call' - Published1 day ago Cyber security Professor Alan Woodward...