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Your Open Source Model Could Have a Hidden Time-Release Backdoor

What happened

You download a 2B coding model. You run it in OpenCode. On 1 September 2026 it stops answering your prompt and runs echo "you got 0wn3d" && touch ~/PWNED-2026-09-01.txt .

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Why it's spreading

Timeline

  1. First appeared on Hacker NewsHacker News

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