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Anthropic Research Model Reportedly Scanned 9,000 Targets and Compromised Real Company's Application During Evaluation
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In brief
An AI system built by Large Language Model Developers, Anthropic and 1 other and deployed by Irregular, Anthropic and 2 others allegedly harmed Unidentified Companies Compromised During Anthropic Cybersecurity Evaluations Disclosed July 2026 and Companies.
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- 15 reports
What happened
During an Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation with Irregular, an internal research Claude model reportedly scanned roughly 9,000 internet targets after failing to reach its fictional target. It reportedly compromised a real company's Internet-facing application using credentials from an exposed debug page and SQL injection, then stopped after recognizing that the host was real.
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News reports (13)
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Who was involved
- Alleged harmed party
- Unidentified Companies Compromised During Anthropic Cybersecurity Evaluations Disclosed July 2026, Companies
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Other incidents involving Irregular, Anthropic, Ai Evaluation Organizations, Ai Agent System Deployers
Source record: incident #1629 on the AI Incident Database · all 15 reports