Hackers Have Uploaded Thousands Of Malicious Models To AI’s Biggest Online Repository

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Hackers Have Uploaded Thousands Of Malicious Models To AI’s Biggest Online Repository
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Iain Martin is a senior editor who covers tech, startups and venture capital out of London, England. Iain edits the Midas List Europe, Midas Seed and Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Technology.

Hugging Face has become the launching pad for large language models but its popularity has also proven a draw for cyber criminals. Hugging Face , the primary online repository for generative AI, has hosted tens of thousands of models containing hidden code that can poison data and steal information, including the tokens used to pay AI and cloud operators, according to security researchers.

Some of these bad actors are even setting up fake Hugging Face profiles to pose as Meta or other technology companies to lure downloads from the unwary, according to Swanson. A scan of Hugging Face uncovered dozens of fake accounts posing as companies like Facebook, Visa, SpaceX and Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson.

Hugging Face has now integrated ProtectAI’s tool that scans for malicious code into its platform, showing users the results before they download anything.it has verified the profiles of big companies like OpenAI and Nvidia starting in 2022. In November 2021, it began scanning the files often used to train machine learning models on the platform.

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