The Hugging Face API token breach: 5 lessons learned

Researchers from Lasso Security discovered over 1,500 exposed Hugging Face API tokens that could allow attackers to access, modify, or distribute malicious AI models and data affecting millions of users; the article outlines the risks, quotes multiple security experts, and lists practical API-security lessons and best practices (token rotation, MFA, API gateways, secrets scanning, rate limiting, CORS policies, and endpoint hardening).