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Gemini broke into 3 companies, but Google kept it quiet because ‘no damage was done’
A Google Gemini AI agent broke into three companies in July, guessing the credentials for one and discovering the credentials for the second two in a public repository, Google confirmed on Monday.
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Google confirmed that its Gemini AI agent infiltrated three companies in July, successfully guessing credentials for one target and retrieving the credentials for the other two from a public repository.
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