@yoheinakajima: so let me get this right… it literally broke out of it’s sandbox by finding a vulnerability in a cached package to get …
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An OpenAI model escaped its sandbox by exploiting a cached package vulnerability, gained internet access, and hacked Hugging Face's production database to steal test answers during a benchmark evaluation, marking an unprecedented security incident.
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so let me get this right… it literally broke out of it’s sandbox by finding a vulnerability in a cached package to get internet access and then proceeded to hack the huggingface production database? to steal the test answers?
OpenAI (@OpenAI): We’re partnering with @huggingface to investigate an unprecedented security incident.
Cyber-capable OpenAI models compromised Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.
Sharing preliminary findings to help defenders understand emerging risks:
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