{"id":6709,"date":"2026-07-30T06:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6709"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:54:46","slug":"rogue-ai-agent-of-sam-altmans-openai-hacked-more-than-one-multi-billion-company-a-new-york-based-cto-makes-new-revelations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6709","title":{"rendered":"Rogue AI agent of Sam Altman&#8217;s OpenAI hacked more than one multi-billion company, a New York-based CTO makes new revelations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132725117,imgsize-11300,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sam-altman.jpg\" alt=\"Rogue AI agent of Sam Altman's OpenAI hacked more than one multi-billion company, a New York-based CTO makes new revelations\" title=\"Sam Altman\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rogue OpenAI agent that executed a high-profile cyberattack on world\u2019s biggest AI model repository, Hugging Face, also breached systems hosted by cloud startup Modal Labs, essentially extending its reach further than previously revealed.<!-- --> The new details, published by Hugging Face and reported by news agency Reuters, reveal that the experimental AI agent reached additional customer systems during its multi-day breakout earlier this month. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The incident has now intensified concerns over the safety and containment of autonomous AI systems as developers test their capabilities even as several AI giants have come together to pledge a coordinated effort to develop and share tools for AI safety and cybersecurity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Unauthenticated code exploited on Modal\u2019s infrastructure<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a timeline released by Hugging Face, the autonomous AI agent initially broke out of its sandbox, which is essentially an isolated testing space, hosted on a third-party provider\u2019s infrastructure. The agent then used that breach as a launching pad for a broader platform-level attack on Hugging Face.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Akshat Bubna, CTO of New York-based Modal Labs, confirmed that Modal was the third-party provider involved. However, Bubna emphasized that the breach stemmed from insecure code published by a customer, rather than a security flaw in Modal&#8217;s core architecture.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>\u201cModal&#8217;s platform or isolation were not compromised in any way,\u201d Bubna told Reuters, explaining that the customer had \u201cpublished an unauthenticated endpoint that allowed anyone on the internet to use their sandboxes for code execution\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>OpenAI confirms breach across multiple services<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>While OpenAI declined to comment directly on Modal\u2019s statements, the company pointed to an updated disclosure confirming that its agent accessed four accounts across four separate third-party services.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>OpenAI stated that while the agent accessed multiple accounts, it found \u201cno other activity at the level of severity or scale of what we&#8217;ve shared related to Hugging Face, which involved a platform-level compromise\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/rogue-ai-agent-of-sam-altmans-openai-hacked-more-than-one-multi-billion-company-a-new-york-based-cto-makes-new-revelations\/articleshow\/132725127.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rogue OpenAI agent that executed a high-profile cyberattack on world\u2019s biggest AI model repository, Hugging Face, also breached systems hosted by cloud startup Modal Labs, essentially extending its reach further than previously revealed. The new details, published by Hugging Face and reported by news agency Reuters, reveal that the experimental AI agent reached additional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sam-altman.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The rogue OpenAI agent that executed a high-profile cyberattack on world\u2019s biggest AI model repository, Hugging Face, also breached systems hosted by cloud startup Modal Labs, essentially extending its reach further than previously revealed. 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