Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google’s AI

Summary by Cyber Security News19 Sep 2026, 02:00 CEST

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Google’s Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s artificial-intelligence systems autonomously committing such an act. The hacks ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1700#7981)

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