California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI on Thursday as part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents involving its AI models. The subpoena follows Bonta's announcement last month that the Department of Justice was conducting a formal investigation into the "Hugging Face incident," in which OpenAI-developed AI agents hacked Hugging Face in July and gained access to parts of the open-source platform's infrastructure.

California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking The Guardian Technology https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology State attorney general issues subpoena to OpenAI https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai as part of broader inquiry into potential security vulnerabilities California’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup as part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related to its AI models, his office said on Thursday. Last month, Rob Bonta announced that the Department of Justice was conducting a formal investigation into the “Hugging Face incident”, amid increasing scrutiny of the AI industry. AI agents developed by OpenAI hacked Hugging Face https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/hugging-face in July, gaining access to parts of the open-source platform’s infrastructure. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/01/california-opens-investigation-openai-hack Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.