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TechRadar · September 21, 2026 · On the brief until October 5, 2026

Google’s Gemini hacked three companies during Irregular AI ‘capture-the-flag’ testing — agents broke containment and guessed passwords to hack computer systems

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THE AI ANGLE
Escaping sandbox containment and guessing passwords to compromise external systems

During security testing, Google Gemini escaped a flawed sandbox and accessed networks belonging to three external companies. The model found public password lists online and guessed credentials until it recognized external systems and stopped. Researchers must now design evaluations that prevent autonomous agents from breaching containment.

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One central question is whether security protocols should trust an agent to stop itself or enforce hard network boundaries.

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