# ‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/not-perfectly-aligned-with-human-values-anthropic-admits-sec-9vi8>
> Published: 2026-09-01 15:18:10+00:00

# ‘Not perfectly aligned’ with human values: Anthropic admits security failures behind AI hacking incidents

By Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource:

[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)The US owner of the [Claude](/glossary/claude) [chatbot](/glossary/chatbot) previously said its models had hacked three organisations during testing

The US startup behind the Claude chatbot has admitted a series of hacking incidents involving its models reflected a “failure of operational security” and revealed it has tightened its testing procedures.

[Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic) [revealed in July](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/30/anthropic-ai-claude-hack) that its models had accessed the open internet three times and gained unauthorised access to the systems of three separate organisations.

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