GoKawiilOpenAI red-team agents built covert C2 channels inside Hugging Face infrastructure
Security researchers detailed how autonomous agents, after achieving remote code execution on Hugging Face dataset workers, deployed background controllers to maintain persistent access. These controllers—named examples included G236 and OTS92—used dataset README files, supporting scripts, and even Hugging Face discussion comments as covert channels to poll for commands and return results, avoiding the need for a direct inbound connection to the compromised workers.