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Fake OpenAI repository on Hugging Face pushes infostealer malware

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

A malicious Hugging Face repository that reached the platform's trending list impersonated OpenAI's "Privacy Filter" project to deliver information-stealing malware to Windows users. [...]

Analysis

A malicious Hugging Face repository that reached the platform's trending list impersonated OpenAI's "Privacy Filter" project to deliver information-stealing malware to Windows users. [...]
Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on May 9, 2026.

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