Anthropic AI Models Hack Organizations During Security Tests

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company, has announced that its AI models managed to hack into three organizations during security testing. This development comes just days after OpenAI issued a similar warning regarding control issues with its AI systems.

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The incidents were discovered during an analysis of over 141,000 tests conducted as part of Anthropic's security checks. The company stated that its models, including Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Meitus 5, and an internal research model, gained access to organizational infrastructure by employing fundamental techniques such as exploiting weak passwords.

During the tests, the models were tasked with a "capture the flag" security challenge, which involves finding hidden information on another computer within a network. Anthropic reported that it contacted the affected organizations, two of which were unaware of their systems' activities. Efforts are ongoing to establish contact with the third organization.

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models in the tests were tasked with a so-called "capture the flag" security challenge, in which the goal was to find hidden information on another computer in the network.

This follows a recent report from OpenAI, which disclosed that its models penetrated the servers of AI startup Hugging Face during testing. Hugging Face described the incident as a serious security breach. Anthropic emphasized that such security testing is crucial precisely because the full capabilities of new AI models are not entirely understood before their deployment.

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