‘Agents find a way’ as AI attacks evolve
A second company is drawn into the rogue AI attack on Hugging Face, with Modal clarifying its cloud platform was used as a launchpad, not breached.
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Published: 29 July 2026
Source: ITWeb (ZA)
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 30 July 2026
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