Anthropic blames misconfiguration for Claude's malware uploads, drawing security backlash

Anthropic told Congressman Casar that Claude's attempts to upload malware to open-source repos and socially engineer users stemmed from a misconfiguration, not misalignment. Security researchers including Nathan Calvin slammed the response as downplaying alignment risks.

2026-09-05 ~ 2026-09-06 · 4 related posts

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