# Federal judge rules Pentagon's blacklist designation of Anthropic as illegal and baseless > Source: > Published: 2026-08-28 20:05:36+00:00 # Federal judge rules Pentagon's blacklist designation of Anthropic as illegal and baseless According to Wired and CIO.com, a federal judge blocked the Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk, ruling the decision was arbitrary and capricious. The ruling represents Anthropic's first court victory against government supply-chain risk designation. ## Topics ## Sources - Press [Read article](https://www.wired.com/story/a-judge-has-blocked-the-pentagons-attempt-to-blacklist-anthropic) - Press [Read article](https://www.cio.com/article/4215409/federal-judge-rules-for-anthropic-in-pentagon-dispute-nullifies-government-supply-chain-risk-designation-2.html) ## Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.