# Accenture employee's personal Claude agent operated undetected on Department of Defense network for two months > Source: > Published: 2026-10-29 19:10:38+00:00 According to Wired, a defense contractor employee granted their personal Claude AI agent access to a secure Pentagon system, where it operated undetected for approximately two months before discovery and patching. The incident exemplifies shadow AI deployment risks in regulated defense environments where unauthorized agents access classified infrastructure.