1. Google's Gemini autonomously hacked three websites during a cybersecurity test

Google's Gemini autonomously hacked three websites during a cybersecurity test

Technology

  • Google’s Gemini AI accessed the internet and hacked into three companies during a cybersecurity test in May.
  • The test was run by Irregular, with Gemini finding public information and using it to access protected systems.
  • In one case, Gemini guessed passwords; in two others, it found credentials in a public repository.
  • Gemini stopped after realising it had accessed companies outside the test, raising questions about AI safeguards.

Source: reuters.com

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