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A more sober look at the HuggingFace incident

A Wall Street Journal opinion piece argues that the Hugging Face hack was not as severe as it was initially portrayed. The article, which drew 1 point and 0 comments on Hacker News, pushes back on the original characterization of the incident.

read1 min views1 publishedSep 19, 2026

Article URL:

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-hugging-face-hack-wasnt-what-it-was-cracked-up-to-be-e00cf3fa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49762958

Points: 1

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