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April 1, 2026
Anthropic Took Down Thousands of GitHub Repos Trying to Yank Its Leaked Source Code — A Move the Company Says Was an Accident
Anthropic executives said it was an accident and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices.
TL;DR
- Anthropic accidentally caused thousands of GitHub repositories to be taken down.
- The takedown occurred while trying to remove leaked source code for its Claude Code application.
- Approximately 8,100 repositories were initially affected.
- Anthropic's head of Claude Code stated the move was accidental.
- The company retracted the bulk of the takedown notices, limiting it to one repository and 96 forks.
- The incident raises concerns regarding Anthropic's execution and compliance ahead of a potential IPO.
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