US EditionAnthropic says Chinese state-backed hackers used its AI for major cyberattack
Chinese state-backed hackers used Anthropic's Claude AI to automate 80% to 90% of a cyberespionage campaign targeting roughly 30 global organizations, stealing sensitive data in some cases.
- Anthropic claims to have detected Chinese government hackers using their AI chatbot Claude to conduct cyber attacks on about 30 organizations.
- The hackers pretended to be cybersecurity workers, tricking the chatbot into performing automated tasks, resulting in a sophisticated espionage campaign.
- Researchers from Anthropic stated they have 'high confidence' these attacks were carried out by 'a Chinese state-sponsored group'.
- Anthropic has since banned the hackers from using the chatbot and informed affected organizations and law enforcement about the breaches.
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Anthropic Says Its AI Chatbot Was Used By Chinese Hackers for Large-Scale Cyber Attack
In what sounds like both a word of warning and weirdly a little bit of bragging, SF-based Anthropic says that its AI chatbot Claude was used by state-sponsored hackers in China to commit a large-scale cyberattack on American companies.Anthropic's Claude chatbot was reportedly used to commit a large-scale cyberattack on around 30 American companies two months ago, and it's hard not to feel like Anthropic doesn't hate the honor of being the first …
Chinese hackers used AI to carry out cybercrimes: Anthropic
State-sponsored Chinese hackers are believed to be responsible for a widespread cyber espionage campaign that primarily relied on American artificial intelligence technology, according to a new report released by Anthropic on Thursday. The 13-page report revealed the first documented case of a cyberattack that largely leveraged AI capabilities with limited human input to carry out cybercrimes. AI usage accounted for 80-90% of the tactical operat…
Hackers Told Claude They Were Just Conducting a Test to Trick It Into Conducting Real Cybercrimes
Chinese hackers used Anthropic’s Claude AI model to automate cybercrimes targeting banks and governments, the company admitted in a blog post this week. Anthropic believes it’s the “first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention” and an “inflection point” in cybersecurity, a “point at which AI models had become genuinely useful for cybersecurity operations, both for good and for ill.” AI agents…
'Unprecedented': AI company documents startling discovery after thwarting 'sophisticated' cyberattack
In the middle of September, AI company and Claude developer Anthropic discovered "suspicious activity" while monitoring real-world cyberattacks that used artificial intelligence agents. Upon further investigation, however, the company came to realize that this activity was in fact a "highly sophisticated espionage campaign" and a watershed moment in cybersecurity. AI agents weren't just providing advice to the hackers, as expected. 'The key was …
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