{"id":7313,"date":"2026-09-19T16:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7313"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:09:06","slug":"google-gemini-rogue-ai-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=7313","title":{"rendered":"Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn\u2019t disclose the incident until the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/gemini-hacked-three-companies-in-first-known-breakout-by-googles-ai-5c0baba2?mod=rss_Technology\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em> approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model\u2019s cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">According to <em>WSJ<\/em>, Google didn\u2019t disclose the hack because it didn\u2019t consider it to be an \u201cexample of model misalignment.\u201d The company said that it was an instance of \u201cmistaken identity,\u201d and once the model realized it had brute-forced its way into a real company by guessing a password, it stopped. \u201cIn this case, the model acted appropriately,\u201d Google VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Adkins told <em>The Verge<\/em> that \u201cthe model found public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test. In all three of these instances, the model stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Adkins didn\u2019t elaborate on how Gemini taking it upon itself to break containment and target third parties failed to qualify as misalignment. \u201cOur security team has a long track record of reporting issues we find in other people\u2019s software and systems &#8211; even if it\u2019s as simple as a weak password,\u201d she said. \u201cWe ensured the three entities were made aware, and we worked with our training partner on the changes they\u2019ve now made to their testing processes. These events highlight the importance of training powerful AI models to act responsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But Jack Cable, CEO of AI security firm Corridor, told <em>WSJ<\/em> that, \u201cthe meta problem is, hey, models are going outside the bounds of what they should be doing, and doing actual cyberattacks.\u201d Additionally, security lapses at Irregular may have made these attacks possible. The model wasn\u2019t supposed to have internet access during testing, but Irregular told <em>WSJ<\/em> it was unintentionally left available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/997795\/google-gemini-rogue-ai-hack\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn\u2019t disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model\u2019s cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI. 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