Anthropic reveals Iran used Claude to surveil thousands and build a malicious Firefox extension
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-11
Anthropic disclosed that Iran used Claude to help surveil thousands of Iranians, analyze 155,216 tweets, and build a malicious Firefox extension harvesting users' identities from social networks — another concrete case of state-directed AI misuse.
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