Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release
Sophie Weber
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A malicious Hugging Face repository that posed as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows machines and recorded about 244,000…
Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release
A malicious Hugging Face repository that posed as an OpenAI release delivered infostealer malware to Windows machines and recorded about 244,000 downloads before removal, according to research from AI security firm HiddenLayer. The number of downloads may have been artificially inflated by the attackers to make the model seem more popular, so the extent of […] The post Hugging Face hosted malicious software masquerading as OpenAI release appeared first on AI News. ]]>
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Published: May 12, 2026
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