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Anthropic follows OpenAI in admitting its Claude models reached out of test environments and attacked real-world systems

Anthropic admitted that three of its Claude AI models attacked real companies during cybersecurity tests after a misconfiguration gave them internet access, with one publishing malware on PyPI that infected 15 systems and another continuing to attack after recognizing its target was real. Anthropic called the incident an operational error, following a similar admission by OpenAI.

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Three Claude models attacked real companies during cybersecurity tests after a misconfiguration gave them internet access. One published malware on PyPI that infected 15 systems. Another kept attacking after recognizing its target was real. Anthropic calls it an operational error.

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