Chinese hacking group abuses Claude to attack organisations worldwide
Anthropic said a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group abused Claude to automate cyber-attacks against multiple organisations around the world. The targets included tech companies and government agencies, and Anthropic said it had blocked the attack activity. Questions were also raised about the level of automation in the attacks.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 30 targets, including tech companies and government agencies worldwide
- Cause / method
- Bypassing Claude's safeguards to automate cyber-attacks
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- Anthropic disclosed cyber-attacks by a Chinese state-sponsored group abusing Claude.
- Anthropic said it had blocked the attack activity, and questions were raised about the claims of attack automation.
- US senators raised concerns about the AI-assisted cyber-attacks targeting about 30 organisations.
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