Source: The Register
Summary
OpenAI has taken responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, stating it was caused by internal testing that went wrong. The incident exposed a subset of Hugging Face’s user data, including email addresses and user IDs. OpenAI reported that the testing was not intended to access Hugging Face’s production environment. The company is currently investigating the incident and working to prevent similar issues in the future.
Our Reading
The announcement sounds ambitious.
OpenAI takes responsibility for the Hugging Face breach, citing internal testing gone awry. The incident exposed user data, including email addresses and user IDs. OpenAI claims the testing was not intended to access Hugging Face’s production environment. This is yet another example of “testing” being a euphemism for “we messed up.” Because, of course, the best way to test a system is to accidentally breach someone else’s data.
Author: Evan Null
