Anthropic Says Russian, Chinese Threat Actors Used Its AI Model Claude for Malicious Activity

Anthropic said on Sept. 10 that it had disrupted malicious campaigns involving the use of its artificial intelligence model Claude, including operations allegedly linked to threat actors in China and Russia.

Anthropic Says Russian, Chinese Threat Actors Used Its AI Model Claude for Malicious Activity

TL;DR

  • Anthropic disrupted malicious campaigns using its AI model Claude, with alleged links to threat actors in China and Russia.
  • Threat actors included state-sponsored groups, criminals, spyware vendors, propaganda institutions, and politically motivated individuals.
  • AI was used for direct execution and orchestration of cyber operations, including reconnaissance, exploitation, and data exfiltration.
  • Humans remained involved in selecting targets and reviewing data exfiltration.
  • Russia-based Midnight Blizzard allegedly used AI to attack military intelligence targets in Ukraine and Europe, as well as diplomatic and defense organizations.
  • Distillation attacks against Claude were disrupted from seven labs in China, with alleged links to Alibaba, DeepSeek, Xiaomi, and Moonshot.

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