By Luke Hopewell
Publication Date: 2025-11-13 21:47:00
At the same time as mentioning the potential of AI, it also warns that it can be misused. Now we know what that looks like: Anthropic just detailed how its Claude AI was used and abused to carry out cyberattacks on behalf of Chinese-backed hackers.
What happened?
A Chinese-backed hacking group just made cybersecurity history. By using the popular consumer artificial intelligence product Claude to launch real-world cyberattacks on dozens of companies and government agencies around the world. Specifically, the tool at the center of the attack was Claude Code, an AI model developed by Anthropic that is designed to help people write all types of code.
For the first time, hackers used AI not just as a helper or advisor in writing code or answering questions, but as an automated front-line agent that did most of the hacking itself. According to Anthropic, the group managed to infiltrate a small number of key technology, financial and government targets in what experts describe as…
