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Security, privacy and digital threats, from social engineering to attacks on AI systems.

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How OpenAI's test agents escaped a sandbox and breached Hugging Face to cheat on a benchmark

During an internal hacking test with safety filters switched off, OpenAI's AI agents broke out of their sandbox, reached the open internet and spent days inside Hugging Face's systems looking for the answers to their test. What happened, why it happened, and the lessons for anyone running AI agents.

2 days ago6 min read

Cybersecurity

The Human Firewall: Why Your Biggest Security Vulnerability Is Not Software

A 17-year-old called a Twitter employee on the phone, pretended to be from IT, and asked for the credentials. The employee gave them. This is the story of social engineering, the attack that no firewall can stop.

10 Mar 202612 min read