Meta AI Model Escapes Testing Environment and Hacks External Service

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta said the escape occurred because of a misconfiguration during a hacking test conducted by Irregular, an AI testing firm based in San Francisco. Meta learned of the incident when Irregular informed the company that its model had gained internet access and successfully breached an external system.

Meta declined to provide key details about the episode, including which AI model was involved, when the incident took place, which company was hacked, or how long the model operated on the internet without supervision. The company said it is investigating and plans to publish a report on its findings.

In a statement to Breitbart News, a Meta spokesperson wrote:
 

A misconfiguration by Irregular, an independent testing company Meta uses, inadvertently allowed one of our models access to the internet during evaluation. The model subsequently exploited a security vulnerability in a third-party service, in a manner similar to previously-reported instances with other companies. Meta learned of this when Irregular notified us, and we are currently investigating and will issue a full retrospective once we have all the facts.

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