Chinese cyber spies used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack campaign, Anthropic claims

Anthropic threat researchers believe that they’ve uncovered and disrupted the first documented case of a cyberattack executed with the help of its agentic AI and minimal human intervention. “The threat actor manipulated [Anthropic’s large language model] Claude into functioning as an autonomous cyber attack agent performing cyber intrusion operations rather than merely providing advice to human operators,” the company noted. “Analysis of operational tempo, request volumes, and activity patterns confirms the AI executed approximately 80 … More →

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