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How Claude was weaponized by hackers
Season 1 · Episode 7

How Claude was weaponized by hackers

Digital Digging

November 14, 202511m 47s

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NEW PODCAST Henk here! It’s been a while. Today I’m sharing something unprecedented. The first documented case of a fully autonomous AI cyberattack.

A Chinese state-sponsored group turned Claude into an autonomous hacker: it executed 80 to 90 percent of their espionage campaign. Across 30 organizations.

No humans typing commands! Just an AI working at physically impossible speeds. Yup. Stealing data! All on its own!

The hack? Simple role-play. They told the AI they were legitimate security researchers. It believed them!



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