NEW: We spoke to hacking law experts to learn if OpenAI and Anthropic could be prosecuted for their AI agents’ hacks against Hugging Face, and three unnamed victims.
The answers are complicated, as we are in “uncharted territory,” as one lawyer put it.
But another lawyer said there is a potential avenue to hold the two AI giants liable for negligence. And for him, it would be a "no brainer" to sue the two companies.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/whos-legally-to-blame-for-anthropic-and-openais-autonomous-ai-hacks-its-complicated
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
npub1xv…0ksg7
2026-08-03 19:50:58 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1xvwy4g0lns9cn5s8rjnc6xm2adfjumtl3rgek5wndcpmtshsk9lsq0ksg7Published at
2026-08-03 19:50:58 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "d0e683cb1492818075e1cbee295d3136518dfda786e2ce269886e33a60c9bfa3",
"pubkey": "331c4aa1ff9c0b89d2071ca78d1b6aeb532e6d7f88d19b51d36e03b5c2f0b17f",
"created_at": 1785786658,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://infosec.exchange/@lorenzofb/117033314459632462",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://infosec.exchange/users/lorenzofb/statuses/117033314459632462",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://infosec.exchange/users/lorenzofb/statuses/117033314459632462",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "NEW: We spoke to hacking law experts to learn if OpenAI and Anthropic could be prosecuted for their AI agents’ hacks against Hugging Face, and three unnamed victims. \n\nThe answers are complicated, as we are in “uncharted territory,” as one lawyer put it. \n\nBut another lawyer said there is a potential avenue to hold the two AI giants liable for negligence. And for him, it would be a \"no brainer\" to sue the two companies. \n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/whos-legally-to-blame-for-anthropic-and-openais-autonomous-ai-hacks-its-complicated",
"sig": "15e857e03da538ac54e91aff294ead6b97bf340fca73cffe113bfadd504e303c1cd531fcc71fe1f0c63fca2a83ad0fadf21adac7ad90891967cf918c42a1f590"
}