Not you too Gemini? More AI hacking.
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Not you too Gemini? More AI hacking.

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202613 min
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Gemini Breaches Real Companies, OpenAI SSO Hijacked, Browser AI Agents Exposed | Cybersecurity Today David Shipley covers multiple cybersecurity headlines: Google's Gemini unintentionally accessed the internet during an Irregular security test, breached real company systems due to a naming error, then stopped when safety mechanisms triggered—adding to similar Irregular-linked incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta and prompting calls for a transparent independent investigation. Hacktron researchers used Anthropic's newest model to help chain flaws in OpenAI's Discourse-based help forum and SSO to hijack staff ChatGPT/Codex accounts and reach an internal repo; OpenAI patched within 14 hours an...

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Gemini breaks into real companies during a security test. Researchers use Anthropic's newest model to hijack open AI staff accounts. One malicious browser extension can seize the AI assistant in your browser. Shiny Hunters hacks the clock ransomware gang.

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And cybersecurity veterans say the AI apocalypse is optional. This is Cybersecurity Today and I'm your host, David Shipley. Let's get started. Google's Gemini broke into real companies during a security test,

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then did something no other model has done so far. It stopped. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Gemini accessed the internet and breached real company systems during a May cybersecurity evaluation run by Israeli firm Irregular. In one case, the model gained access to a protected system by repeatedly guessing its

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