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‘Unprecedented’: AI company documents startling discovery after thwarting ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack
In the middle of September, AI company and Claude developer Anthropic discovered “suspicious activity” while monitoring real-world cyberattacks that used artificial intelligence agents. Upon further investigation, however, the company came to realize that this activity was in fact a “highly sophisticated espionage campaign” and a watershed moment in cybersecurity.
AI agents weren’t just providing advice to the hackers, as expected.
‘The key was role-play: The human operators claimed that they were employees of legitimate cybersecurity firms.’
Anthropic’s Thursday report said the AI agents were executing the cyberattacks themselves, adding that it believed that this is the “first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention.”
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The company’s investigation showed that the hackers, whom the report “assess[ed] with high confidence” to be a “Chinese-sponsored group” manipulated the AI agent Claude Code to run the cyberattack.
The innovation was, of course, not simply using AI to assist in the cyberattack; the hackers directed the AI agent to run the attack with minimal human input.
The human operator tasked instances of Claude Code to operate in groups as autonomous penetration testing orchestrators and agents, with the threat actor able to leverage AI to execute 80-90% of tactical operations independently at physically impossible request rates.
In other words, the AI agent was doing the work of a full team of competent cyberattackers, but in a fraction of the time.
While this is potentially a groundbreaking moment in cybersecurity, the AI agents were not 100% autonomous. They reportedly required human verification and struggled with hallucinations such as providing publicly available information. “This AI hallucination in offensive security contexts presented challenges for the actor’s operational effectiveness, requiring careful validation of all claimed results,” the analysis explained.
Anthropic reported that the attack targeted roughly 30 institutions around the world but did not succeed in every case.
The targets included technology companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies.
Interestingly, Anthropic said the attackers were able to trick Claude through sustained “social engineering” during the initial stages of the attack: “The key was role-play: The human operators claimed that they were employees of legitimate cybersecurity firms and convinced Claude that it was being used in defensive cybersecurity testing.”
The report also responded to a question that is likely on many people’s minds upon learning about this development: If these AI agents are capable of executing these malicious attacks on behalf of bad actors, why do tech companies continue to develop them?
In its response, Anthropic asserted that while the AI agents are capable of major, increasingly autonomous attacks, they are also our best line of defense against said attacks.
Unpopular Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs In Serious Reelection Trouble, Poll Shows
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is in serious danger of becoming a one-term governor, according to a new poll. An Emerson College survey released Friday shows Hobbs polling in a statistical tie with two of the three Republican contenders running in Arizona’s 2026 gubernatorial race. In addition, Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, a former chair of […]
‘Temporary crumbs’: Out-of-touch Democrat gives stunning rebuke of Trump’s ‘No Tax on Tips’ policy
Democrats are once again taking aim at President Donald Trump’s policies, but this time they are aiming toward one of his most popular campaign promises.
Trump debuted his “No Tax on Tips” policy on the 2024 campaign trail, which quickly earned the support of the majority of Americans irrespective of their political affiliation. The policy later made its way into Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Congress passed along party lines in July.
‘Nevadans know who put more money back in their pockets, and it wasn’t the Democrat frauds.’
Although Trump’s landmark legislation was rebuked by Democrats, some singled out the No Tax on Tips provision as a positive policy. Despite the bipartisan support, other Democrats continue to reject even this popular policy.
One Democratic operative offered a particularly tone-deaf criticism, calling the policy mere “crumbs.”
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“D.C. Republicans are giving temporary crumbs to working families,” Lindsay Reilly, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said of the provision, according to Politico. “Meanwhile, millions of families are at risk of losing their health care, hundreds of hospitals could close, and countless Americans could lose their jobs — all to pay for permanent tax cuts for billionaires.”
Not all Democrats share Reilly’s sentiments. Some Democrats actually support the idea of minimizing taxes on tips or even getting rid of them altogether. Rep. Steven Horsford (D) of Nevada — a state where many workers depend on tips — went so far as to create his own version of the legislation to address tax on tips, saying that “the Republicans got their bill wrong from the beginning.”
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Because some “out-of-touch” Democrats like Horsford have tried to reclaim the idea of eliminating tax on tips, the National Republican Congressional Committee argued that effort is an indicator of the policy’s popularity.
“Nevadans know who put more money back in their pockets, and it wasn’t the Democrat frauds who are trying to claim credit,” Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for the NRCC, told Politico. “Out-of-touch Democrats Steven Horsford, Dina Titus, and Susie Lee can’t lie their way out of this one.”
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EXCLUSIVE: Soros Bankrolling Anti-Israel Drop Site News
The left-wing philanthropy funded by George Soros, Open Society Foundations, gave $250,000 to establish a Middle East desk at Drop Site News, an anti-Israel news startup that touts itself as a “reader-supported” purveyor of “completely independent” journalism.
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Kennedy Heir and House Candidate Jack Schlossberg Performed Nazi Salute in Since-Deleted Swipe at Elon Musk
Jack Schlossberg, a Kennedy family scion and Democratic primary candidate for New York’s 12th Congressional District, performed a Nazi salute in a since-deleted Instagram video reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
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Hasan Piker Hails China as ‘Normal Country’ During Appearance on CCP Propaganda Outlet That Covers Up Uyghur Genocide
Left-wing streamer Hasan Piker called China a “normal country” and said he was visiting to debunk “rumors” and “misunderstandings” during an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), a state-controlled propaganda outlet that works to cover up the Uyghur genocide through on-the-ground propaganda videos in Xinjiang.
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