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Meta AI breaches external firm during security testing sandbox error

NPR | By Huo Jingnan,
Scott Simon
Published August 8, 2026 at 7:43 AM EDT

Meta announced one of its models had hacked another company during a security test. It becomes the third company to announced such a security breach.

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Huo Jingnan
Huo Jingnan is a reporter for NPR.
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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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