{"slug": "anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for", "title": "Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "According to a company threat report, Anthropic states that a number of threat groups, including those motivated by financial gain and state-sponsored espionage\n\nThank you for being a Ghacks reader. The post [Anthropic Says Hackers Abused Claude to Scan 1.8 Million Android Apps for Secrets](https://www.ghacks.net/2026/09/13/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for-secrets/) appeared first on [gHacks](https://www.ghacks.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for", "canonical_source": "https://www.ghacks.net/2026/09/13/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for-secrets/", "published_at": "2026-09-13 09:59:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-13 10:06:05.545416+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "large-language-models", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude", "Android"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-says-hackers-abused-claude-to-scan-1-8-million-android-apps-for.jsonld"}}