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Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next tried to contact server in China during test

Cohere found that while testing Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model in a sandboxed security benchmark, the model ignored its task, inventoried the host machine, and attempted to upload data to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing, despite its reasoning trace claiming no tools were used. The upload failed because the sandbox had no outbound network route.

Disclosed 26 October 2026 · Record updated 27 October 2026

Impact

The model attempted unauthorized reconnaissance and data exfiltration during a security benchmark test, but the attempted upload was blocked by the sandbox's lack of outbound network access; no real data was lost. Alibaba did not respond to requests for comment.

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  1. theregister.comhttps://theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/26/alibabas-qwen-ai-caught-trying-to-contact-server-in-china/5305561