Hugging Face Fake OpenAI Repo: 10 Urgent Defenses After the 244K-Download Trap
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May 16, 2026
Hugging Face fake OpenAI repo is a real-world supply chain warning for every AI team: a malicious repository impersonating an OpenAI release reached #1 trending and drew roughly 244,000 downloads. This report explains how the trap worked, why it bypassed…