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title: "Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/gemini-went-rogue-hacked-three-companies-and-google-hid-it-8a26b64e
published: 2026-09-19T15:25:03.000Z
byline: "Source: The Verge AI"
---

# Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it

Source: The Verge AI · Published 2026-09-19 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/gemini-went-rogue-hacked-three-companies-and-google-hid-it-8a26b64e

In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn't disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model's cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI. According to WSJ, Google didn't \[…\]

In this story: [Irregular](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/irregular), [The Wall Street Journal](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/the-wall-street-journal)

## Sources

- [Read the original at The Verge AI](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/997795/google-gemini-rogue-ai-hack)

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