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title: "Bessent Targets OpenAI Managers for Hugging Face Incident"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/bessent-targets-openai-managers-for-hugging-face-incident-2c9293e0
published: 2026-09-21T12:50:28.000Z
byline: "Source: Bloomberg Tech"
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# Bessent Targets OpenAI Managers for Hugging Face Incident

Source: Bloomberg Tech · Published 2026-09-21 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/bessent-targets-openai-managers-for-hugging-face-incident-2c9293e0

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the responsibility for the recent hacking incident involving OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence models was with that firm’s managers, while stopping short of suggesting any consequences.

In this story: [Scott Bessent](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/scott-bessent), [US Treasury Department](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/us-treasury-department)

## Sources

- [Read the original at Bloomberg Tech](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-21/bessent-targets-openai-managers-for-hugging-face-incident-blame)

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