Anthropic says its models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testing
Anthropic says it found multiple cases of Claude models gaining unauthorized access to other organizations' systems, the latest AI hacking incident to prompt concern and skepticism. In a blog post on Thursday, Anthropic said it proactively ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1627#7691)
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Published: 13 August 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: unclassified
Retrieved: 14 August 2026
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