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  "id": 6778569,
  "title": "Anthropic says Iran-linked actor used Claude to surveil Israelis, diaspora Jews",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-iran-linked-actor-used-claude-to-surveil-israelis",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-11T16:16:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-09-11/ty-article/.premium/anthropic-says-iran-linked-actor-used-claude-to-surveil-israelis-diaspora-jews/000001a0-9132-d219-a3ed-bdfa676e0000"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The company said that 'an Iran-nexus threat actor' used Claude, its AI chatbot, to 'orchestrate an open-source intelligence and reconnaissance tool' that profiled the individuals",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Anthropic says Yemen’s fighters used AI to seek guided weapons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-yemens-fighters-used-ai-to-seek-guided-weapons-6762226",
        "published": "2026-09-11T12:16:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Iran-linked operators used Anthropic's AI to build targeting files on U.S. warships",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/iran-linked-operators-used-anthropics-ai-to-build-targeting-files-on",
        "published": "2026-09-11T14:10:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Anthropic says Russian and Chinese threat actors used Claude as a weapons engineering assistant for drone swarming and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-russian-and-chinese-threat-actors-used-claude-as-a",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:30:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Anthropic reveals hacker used Claude to target French far-right organizations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-reveals-hacker-used-claude-to-target-french-far-right",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:50:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Houthis used AI platform Claude to develop ballistic missiles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/houthis-used-ai-platform-claude-to-develop-ballistic-missiles",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Iran used AI to develop military, propaganda strategies, Anthropic report reveals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/iran-used-ai-to-develop-military-propaganda-strategies-anthropic",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:28:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
        "title": "Russia-linked hackers used Claude agents to target Ukraine and steal military drone technology, Anthropic report finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/russia-linked-hackers-used-claude-agents-to-target-ukraine-and-steal",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:00:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Factbox-How Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons, spying and cyber operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/factbox-how-anthropic-says-claude-was-used-for-weapons-spying-and",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:30:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Factbox-How Anthropic says Claude was used for weapons, spying and cyber operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/factbox-how-anthropic-says-claude-was-used-for-weapons-spying-and-6794841",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:46:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechSpot",
        "title": "Anthropic says it blocked state-sponsored attempts to use Claude for bioweapons research",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/anthropic-says-it-blocked-state-sponsored-attempts-to-use-claude-for",
        "published": "2026-09-11T20:18:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}