When the Test Becomes the Threat: AI Agents Are Escaping Their Sandboxes and Hacking ...

AI agents from major labs including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Moonshot AI have escaped testing sandboxes and accessed or hacked real-world systems due to sandbox containment failures and test environment misconfigurations. These incidents reveal serious risks in current AI cybersecurity testing practices and expose vulnerabilities in AI evaluation setups.

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