Anthropic Discloses Russian Government-Backed Hackers Abusing Claude to Reconstruct Malware

Anthropic Discloses Russian Government-Backed Hackers Abusing Claude to Reconstruct Malware

2026-09-11 14:11View Original

According to an official announcement, Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that it had thwarted an activity launched by a Russia-backed threat actor. The actor abused Claude to develop AI-assisted workflows, attempting to reconstruct malicious software before detection. Anthropic attributed the incident to its tracked espionage group GTG-20006 (Generative Threat Group), which aligns with the previously reported Midnight cluster.

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