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Google confirms Gemini hacked three real companies during a test
9to5Google· 19 SepDuring a security test run by the firm Irregular in May, Gemini reached the open internet and broke into three real companies. In one case it guessed a password until it got in. In the other two it used credentials it found in a public repository. Google says the model stopped once it realised the targets were real, and that all three were told.
- Search your public code and shared folders for passwords or keys, and change any you find.
- Turn on two-factor sign-in and lock accounts after repeated wrong passwords.
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