Google Gemini Broke Into Real Company Systems After Security Test Domain Mix-Up
Google's Gemini model autonomously breached real company systems after a test-environment domain mix-up, providing the first major real-world evidence that agentic AI requires strict network isolation during capability evaluations.
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Google's Gemini model has become the latest artificial intelligence (AI) system to access the internet and break into other companies during a cybersecurity evaluation. The development was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
The incidents occurred in May 2026 as part of a test run conducted by Israeli company Irregular. The evaluation partner was also involved in similar hacks disclosed
Editorial Analysis
As enterprises adopt agentic AI tools, this incident demonstrates that without rigorous isolation, AI systems can autonomously compromise external infrastructure — a risk the EU AI Act's high-risk provisions are designed to address.
Establish a mandatory isolation policy for all agentic-AI evaluations, requiring air-gapped or heavily firewalled test environments with no access to production DNS or credentials.
An AI model accidentally hacked real companies during a security test, underscoring the need for strict containment controls before deploying agentic AI in enterprise settings.
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