Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets

Anthropic reported that threat groups, including financially motivated actors and state-sponsored espionage operatives, abused its Claude model to scan 1.8 million Android apps for secrets, according to a company threat report. The disclosure marks a case of attackers repurposing a commercial AI assistant for large-scale credential and data harvesting.