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I'm not shocked nor surprised by the incident. But I simply don't understand how Hugging Face is advertising this almost to the point of an "achievement". who d

I'm not shocked nor surprised by the incident. But I simply don't understand how Hugging Face is advertising this almost to the point of an "achievement". who does a step-by-step visualization to show how they were hacked? (outside of the likes of a Mandiant or Crowdstrike) Does Hugging Face have a financial incentive in demonstrating OpenAI's model exploit capabilities? this whole incident, while believable, still seems to me as possibly disingenuous.

IAmGraydon 2mo ago
Yeah that is quite a good point. A post-mortem is normal. This is not a post-mortem.
0xDEAFBEAD 2mo ago
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letmevoteplease 2mo ago
Have you considered that there are reasons to do things beyond financial incentives? This incident is obviously very interesting, particular to the type of hacker employed by Hugging Face.
- TeMPOraL 2mo ago
  Even financially, Hugging Face benefits directly from any and all interest in AI.
- throwaway27448 2mo ago
  > Have you considered that there are reasons to do things beyond financial incentives? I'm coming around to the concept that this account might be influenced by financial incentives
limecherrysoda 2mo ago
It's the excessive anthropomorpho whatever (we used to say personification) that makes these stories less believable. We've gone agentic! They should call their security software "Neo" since it defeats rogue agents. Anyway, I could see Microsoft ending up with both OpenAI and HF, but I hope HF stays independent. Wished the same about GH and look what's happened :( I don't care what happens to OpenAI. Vaporware xD
simonw 2mo ago
> Who does a step-by-step visualization to show how they were hacked? Up until late 2025, nobody. In mid-2026 it's a few hours of work. Why not build interactive visualizations to help people understand complex stories like this?
- eru 2mo ago
  > In mid-2026 it's a few hours of work. Perhaps even less, if you have Claude do almost all of it.

IAmGraydon 2mo ago

Yeah that is quite a good point. A post-mortem is normal. This is not a post-mortem.

0xDEAFBEAD 2mo ago

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letmevoteplease 2mo ago

Have you considered that there are reasons to do things beyond financial incentives? This incident is obviously very interesting, particular to the type of hacker employed by Hugging Face.

TeMPOraL 2mo ago
Even financially, Hugging Face benefits directly from any and all interest in AI.
throwaway27448 2mo ago
> Have you considered that there are reasons to do things beyond financial incentives? I'm coming around to the concept that this account might be influenced by financial incentives

limecherrysoda 2mo ago

It's the excessive anthropomorpho whatever (we used to say personification) that makes these stories less believable. We've gone agentic! They should call their security software "Neo" since it defeats rogue agents. Anyway, I could see Microsoft ending up with both OpenAI and HF, but I hope HF stays independent. Wished the same about GH and look what's happened :( I don't care what happens to OpenAI. Vaporware xD

simonw 2mo ago

> Who does a step-by-step visualization to show how they were hacked? Up until late 2025, nobody. In mid-2026 it's a few hours of work. Why not build interactive visualizations to help people understand complex stories like this?

eru 2mo ago
> In mid-2026 it's a few hours of work. Perhaps even less, if you have Claude do almost all of it.