Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that it had thwarted several potentially harmful uses of its Claude AI models over the past eight months. These included a suspected cyber espionage operation allegedly linked to Russia and attempts by Chinese AI companies to replicate Claude's capabilities. The company noted in its latest Threat Intelligence report that cybercriminals and state-backed hackers were increasingly leveraging AI not just to assist with tasks, but to orchestrate and execute significant portions of cyberattacks.

Human involvement in these operations was typically limited to overseeing rather than hands-on participation. The report emphasized that the use of AI had advanced beyond simple chatbot interactions, incorporating multi-agent frameworks to carry out complex tasks.