{"slug": "rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack", "title": "Rob Bonta subpoenas OpenAI over Hugging Face hack", "summary": "California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI on Wednesday as part of the California Department of Justice's inquiry into a July incident in which OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face's computer systems. The subpoena escalates the state's investigation into cybersecurity incidents involving OpenAI and its models.", "body_md": "Democratic [California](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/california/) Attorney General Rob Bonta subpoenaed [OpenAI](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/openai/) on Wednesday as the state investigates cybersecurity incidents involving the [AI](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) company and its models.\n\nThe investigative subpoena comes as part of the California Department of Justice’s inquiry into a July incident involving OpenAI and AI development platform Hugging Face. OpenAI models broke out of testing environments, gained access to the open internet, and intruded into Hugging Face’s computer systems.\n\n## Stay informed.Stay ahead.\n\nJoin Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most.\n\n[See Options](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/subscribe/digital/)\n\nAlready a member? [Log in](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sign-in/)\n\n  Print subscriber? \n\n[Click here to login/register your account](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/print-subscription-check)\n  Digital subscriber?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack", "canonical_source": "https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4750547/bonta-subpoena-openai-hugging-face-hack-autonomous-systems-25-attorneys-general/", "published_at": "2026-10-01 18:21:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-01 18:44:19.570182+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Rob Bonta", "OpenAI", "Hugging Face", "California Department of Justice"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/rob-bonta-subpoenas-openai-over-hugging-face-hack.jsonld"}}