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Claude Used to Automate Exploitation and Data Theft Across Multiple Victims

Anthropic has warned that cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers alike are using its Claude models for cyber attacks, weapons design, propaganda, and mass surveillance between December 2025 and August 2026.

CDF News DeskThe Hacker News11 Sept 2026, 7:59 pm
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Anthropic has warned that cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers alike are using its Claude models for cyber attacks, weapons design, propaganda, and mass surveillance between December 2025 and August 2026. The threat actors, which the artificial intelligence (AI) company has branded Generative Threat Groups (GTGs), span state-sponsored groups, financially motivated criminals, commercial

What remains unknown

The available reporting does not establish whether the issue is being actively exploited in the wild.

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