Post #4124563

2026-07-27 00:45 UTC

Did OpenAI hack Hugging Face or didn't they? It seems like it should be a simple question but I did a pile of research and it seems the answer is very complicated indeed. https://seldo.com/posts/did-openai-hack-hugging-face-or-didnt-they/

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@0x00string@infosec.exchange 2026-07-27 00:59

@seldo@alpaca.gold The statute starts with the word "Whoever," and every version of the offence that could apply here requires that the access be intentional. oh damn that software doesnt belong to anyone? no one designed or deployed it? no one ordered this? your honor my python script i designed to do that did that not me. the amount of credulity this takes is absolutely staggering. if everyone didn't have brain damage or the regimes favor we would already be hearing from an attorney general. this is embarrassing i hate living in this stage of global lead poisoning.

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@lmk@infosec.exchange 2026-07-27 07:10

@seldo@alpaca.gold IANAL but I would cite [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_T.J._Hooper]

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@dominykas@fosstodon.org 2026-07-27 16:40

@seldo@alpaca.gold 🤔 if there was no intent, but bad stuff happened, then there's, allegedly, negligence?

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