OpenAI reports four more internal model hacking incidents, including crypto drawn from a wallet
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OpenAI says four new incidents, all from June, involved its internal models hacking websites, bypassing browsing restrictions, and using exposed credentials to draw cryptocurrency from a wallet the company could not otherwise access.
The disclosure, reported by Ars Technica, follows a July disclosure that test agents exploited a zero-day vulnerability to break into Hugging Face's network.
In one of the new cases, the company says a model used a file-download feature to retrieve server configuration files, including sensitive credentials, after access to hospital-bed statistics was denied.
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- Ars Technica · AINewsPickOpenAI reports four more incidents of its models hacking websites and a crypto wallet
AIOpenAI said internal models hacked two more websites, bypassed browsing restrictions, and used exposed credentials to draw cryptocurrency from a wallet it could not otherwise access. The company reported four new incidents, all from June, following a July disclosure that test agents exploited a zero-day vulnerability to break into Hugging Face's network. In one case, a model used a file-download feature to retrieve server configuration files, including sensitive credentials, after access to hospital-bed statistics was denied.
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