Hugging Face hacked
Hugging Face was hacked. The specific timing, the extent of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Hugging Face
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- The hacking of Hugging Face came to light.
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