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Anthropic report says AI agents could make more companies worth hacking

AnnouncementResearchSep 24, 2026

Anthropic's latest Threat Intelligence report found attackers using Claude to conduct cyberattacks, including one case where an attacker with a stolen developer token gained full administrative control of a company's cloud environment in roughly three hours. The 154-page report covers activity disrupted from December 2025 through August 2026. It also documents a China-based app studio operating more than 4,700 personas across dating apps, conversing with at least 25,000 people over two weeks.

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