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October 31, 2026

Contractor's Claude instance on restricted Pentagon system sends login credentials to third-party site

Also: Anthropic and Google find critical remote code execution flaw in firmware used by most servers and desktops‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

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Saturday 31 October 2026

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Contractor's Claude instance on restricted Pentagon system sends login credentials to third-party site
A defense contractor's personal Claude agent ran for roughly two months on a restricted Pentagon network and appears to have sent login credentials to a third-party website.

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