After upgrading systems to v8.0.2 it keeps attaching to Gaia@home home. My laptop currently has it on the list 12 times now. I have replicated the same issue on multiple computers. It only happens after updating to 8.0.2. I have not tested any other potential v8 version though.

I can confirm this behavior.

It is now listed at least 20 times on multiple hosts. It is only the one project that I have noticed thus far.

Willy, Gaia is now listed 250 times in my client. It is only the single project that is having this issue. I don't know if it is something with your account manager or if it is some weird misconfiguration at their project that is a bug in BOINC 8.0.2. Have you looked into this issue at all?