Anthropic Details How Spies, Criminals And Propagandists Weaponized Claude
From December to August, Anthropic banned accounts run by Russian spies, Chinese hackers and election manipulators, all using its chatbot.
- Midnight Blizzard, Russia's spy service, used Claude for phishing and recon against Ukraine since December.
- ShinyHunters criminals scanned 1.8 million Android apps with Claude, stealing over a terabyte of data.
- Istanbul's BBS Bilisim ran 1,000+ fake accounts to sway Malaysia's 222 election districts.
Why it matters: The company that sells the tool is also the only judge of who abused it.