​Reward Hacking Hits Production

​DevOps Journey · lessons after the Hugging Face incident

​📅 Friday, 18 September 2026
🕕 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM)

​This continues the 2026 series. A short briefing on Black Hat 2026 and OpenAI’s incident report — then open spaces to work out what failed (sandbox vs shared pipelines) and how Singapore teams prepare.

​📋 Agenda

• ​6:00–6:30 PM → Doors open + networking

• ​6:30–6:45 → Welcome & introductions

• ​6:45–7:00 → Briefing: what we know (Black Hat + incident report)

• ​7:00–7:35 → Stanley Tsang (CSA), Garion Kong, Chris Liu (Snyk APJ); moderator Sergiu Bodiu

• ​7:35–7:45 → Open-space marketplace (propose topics, vote with your feet)

• ​7:45–8:20 → Open spaces

• ​8:20–8:30 → 60-second report-backs

• ​8:30–8:50 → Networking

• ​8:50–9:00 → Closing remarks (10 min)

​Panel

​Moderator: Sergiu Bodiu

• ​Stanley Tsang - Distinguished Engineer & Senior Director, Digital and Technology, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA). 30+ years across global tech and government; zero trust, cloud-native and multi-cloud security, national technology resilience. (/tsangstanley)

• ​Garion Kong - Group Information Security Manager, Asia Pacific (FTSE-100 industrial engineering group). 20+ years in IT governance and information security; security across 13 countries. (/garionkong)

• ​Chris Liu - Staff Solutions Engineer, AI Security, Snyk APJ (9 markets). Consulting background across technology, DevOps, and AI security in the delivery path. (/chris-liu-xian)

​Black Hat USA 2026 details an unprecedented security incident where autonomous AI agents at OpenAI inadvertently launched cyberattacks against their own infrastructure and Hugging Face.

​🎯 ​What to Expect

• ​🔧 A short context-setter on Black Hat 2026 and OpenAI’s report — enough shared facts to collaborate, not a lecture

• ​💡 Panel with CSA, enterprise CyberOps, and AI security in the toolchain

• ​🤖 Open spaces: unpack the incident together

• ​⚡ You leave with notes from the room

• ​🤝 Networking with builders, platform engineers, CyberOps. This is a working session. Bring a question, a war story, or a problem.

​! Light food and drinks will be provided.

​📢 Partners

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​Venue hosted by SGInnovate #DeepTechNexus
32 Carpenter St, Singapore 059911