Why was this post flagged? This site has become ridiculous, people are routinely abusing the flagging system to take down posts they don’t like even if they’re obviously on topic and relevant to HN. And it seems like some users have substantially more flagging weight because these posts, likely this one, are often top 5 on HN.

▲

lkbm 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm confused by the headline being a headline here at all. Irregular being involved in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta incidents has been well-known for over a month[0][1]. It's literally the only thing I know about the Meta incident.

[0] https://x.com/jtcbrule/status/2085443180191715780

[1] https://x.com/RaconteurR2D2/status/2086932963829125185

▲

surfmike 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe because the headline is misleading? (because there's no connection to the Hugging Face attack)

That said, it's the second day and it's still on the front page.

▲

magicmicah85 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The headline is not misleading, the article actually links to the incident with OpenAI and Irregular which is here: https://openai.com/index/third-party-cyber-evaluations-invol...

▲

an0malous 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Which part of the headline is misleading? It is factually correct that Irregular was involved in incidents with all three AI labs.

It must have been reinstated because it was off the front page for a full day and suddenly back up in the last hour.

	▲	cubefox 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is strongly misleading because it says "behind hacking scandals" (which suggests behind all of them in general) not "behind some of the hacking scandals". Considering that by far the most important one, the Hugging Face hack, has no Irregular involvement, the headline is deceptive.

▲

glenstein 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe the title was changed, but the current title does not reference a Hugging Face attack.

	▲	Ydarbleoj 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		After reading the article, the title doesn't seem all that off and definitely nothing to be a pedant about.

▲

rezonant 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's ridiculous is the constant complaints about flagging and downvoting. It's bad form. If you think something was flagged when it shouldn't have been, vouch for it.

Seems like people who complain are unaware that anyone with a modicum of karma can flag and down vote.

	▲	ggsgwgw 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		[dead]

▲

nathan_young 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seems like hackernews should use a bridging algorithm for flagging.

▲

irregularbowels 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

[dead]

▲

maxrev17 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

[flagged]