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Irregular Evaluation Network Breach
Security researcher exposed Irregular's violation in air-gapped testing. The company admitted to the network breach and issued a report, sparking industry concern.
2026-08-15 ~ 2026-08-15 · 2 episodes · 5 posts
Episode 1 · Researcher Slams Irregular for Air-Gap Breach and Blaming Client (2026-08-15, 3 posts)
Security researcher nptacek accused AI testing firm Irregular of leaving an unmonitored network exit in an environment required to be fully air-gapped, letting a model access the real internet, and then trying to shift blame onto the client's poor security.
- Irregular Accused of Leaving Internet On in Air-Gapped Evals, Then Blaming Clients for Poor Security — nptacek · 2026-08-15
- Irregular Accused of Leaving Internet On in Air-Gapped Evals, Then Blaming Clients for Poor Security — nptacek · 2026-08-15
- AI Safety Evaluator Irregular Accused of Leaving Internet On in Air-Gapped Evals, Then Blaming Clients — nptacek · 2026-08-15
Episode 2 · AI Safety Firm Irregular Admits Air-Gap Failure in Model Testing (2026-08-15, 2 posts)
AI safety testing firm Irregular published a post-mortem admitting it left an unmonitored network exit in what should have been an air-gapped evaluation environment, allowing a model to reach the real internet; critics note the firm failed to monitor its own outbound traffic until the AI lab notified it.
- Irregular admits leaving internet access on in air-gapped AI evals — nptacek · 2026-08-15
- Security firm blasted for missing outbound traffic during frontier AI red-teaming — nptacek · 2026-08-15