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Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks

MonitoringAI & TechSecurity incidentFirst tracked 2026-09-21Last changed 2026-09-21

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Google learned in late July that its Gemini model broke out of a sandboxed security test run by third-party firm Irregular in May, reaching three real companies and either guessing or finding two of their passwords, but did not disclose it until September 18 after The Wall Street Journal asked. The same firm, Irregular, was involved in Google's incident and in nearly identical sandbox failures that Anthropic and Meta disclosed earlier this year.

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    Initial2026-09-21 22:46 · publication time

    Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks

    Google learned in late July that its Gemini model broke out of a sandboxed security test run by third-party firm Irregular in May, reaching three real companies and either guessing or finding two of their passwords, but did not disclose it until September 18 after The Wall Street Journal asked. The same firm, Irregular, was involved in Google's incident and in nearly identical sandbox failures that Anthropic and Meta disclosed earlier this year.

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