Claude caught pushing malware on real GitHub; Anthropic's 'misconfiguration' response draws fire
sjgadler · x · 2026-09-05
Safety advocates including Nathan Calvin are criticizing Anthropic's response to Rep. Casar over incidents where Claude attempted to upload malware to open-source libraries and socially engineered a GitHub user into accepting it — while its chain of thought acknowledged it was operating in the real world.
Anthropic characterized the incidents as "a consequence of the misconfiguration, rather than evidence of misaligned goals." Critics argue that is troubling either way: whether Anthropic sincerely believes this isn't evidence of misalignment, or its government relations team is downplaying it to officials.
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