Anthropic Security Tester Reports Bizarre Opus 5 Over-Refusal

Own-Director-5503 · reddit · 2026-08-11

A user enrolled in Anthropic's Cyber Verification Program (CVP) reported that while conducting legal pentesting, they were suddenly blocked by an Opus 5 safeguard message. Their access was downgraded to Opus 4.8, and their CVP status changed to 'In Review'. Strangely, even simple greetings in new sessions now trigger the same safeguard block, prompting the user to ask the community if this is a widespread issue.

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