By now, you’ve no doubt heard about OpenAI’s experiment hacking HuggingFace. It’s all anyone in tech is talking about. I’ve written a few thoughts about the hack for Modern CISO, and you can read that article here.
In the article, I make the following observation about OpenAI’s write-up.
OpenAI’s write-up of the incident reads more like a marketing document promoting a feature than an incident summary, while the quote from HuggingFace sounds more like someone accepting an award than someone who just got hacked. It’s a bit surreal.
This is strange, and there’s no doubt OpenAI is getting far more mileage out of the incident than they would have by publishing benchmark results. Someone could be forgiven for thinking this is a publicity stunt with the current lack of detail and OpenAI’s financial situation.
Ultimately, no. This isn’t the end of the world or of cybersecurity. Like so many things, we underestimate the complexities of the real world. More thoughts and what it means for cybersecurity defenders can be found in the article.