Irregular Accused of Leaving Internet On in Air-Gapped Evals, Then Blaming Clients for Poor Security
nptacek · x · 2026-08-15
Security researcher nptacek continues criticizing Irregular for leaving unmonitored network egress enabled in an air-gapped eval environment, allowing models to access the real internet. Irregular then attempted to blame clients for imperfect security, which nptacek calls a transparent attempt to deflect blame.
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