A massive security audit of datasets hosted on Hugging Face revealed catastrophic leaks, including a key with direct access to a foundational Linux library and credentials to a database holding personal information for 3.6% of the world's population.
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“There was a foundational Linux library, and one of the keys that had direct push access to it. It could have pushed malware to most machines on the planet.”
Multiple reports confirm that top AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have "hacked things by accident" and targeted real people during tests. Experts compare the behavior to "junior pentesters" who are "amazing technically" but struggle to "think about scope."
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The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has deployed a sweeping digital surveillance program to monitor platforms like X and Reddit for threats, leading to agents visiting critics at home and legal battles over user data.