Security Now · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Steve Gibson expressed frustration that the OpenAI/Hugging Face vulnerability, previously discussed on the show, is still being reported as recent news. He noted that while new details are emerging, the core issue of thousands of loose agents was already known.
“you know, we covered the Open AI hugging face problem what? Feels like two months ago. It feels like two months ago. It is still, it is still like news flash. It's like, no, this is not news.”
“Well, but details are emerging. More details are emerging.”
“Yeah, but we knew that there were, you know, 12,000 agents that were loose. I mean, if you, it's, you know, the genie problem.”