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Ellen Jennings-Trace

Anthropic claims Chinese hackers hijacked Claude to launch AI-orchestrated and automated cyberattacks

A profile of a human brain against a digital background.
  • Anthropic says it discovered an all-AI cyberattack targeting at least 30 organizations
  • This is believed to be the first attack without substantial human intervention
  • Threat actors are increasingly using AI in their attacks, as are defenders

Researchers at Anthropic have discovered its own model Claude was being used, in agentic capacity, not just as an advisor, but also in executing a cyberattack itself.

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