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Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps

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Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps

Anthropic disclosed that multiple threat groups, including financially motivated actors and state-sponsored espionage groups from Russia and China, attempted to misuse Claude to extract secrets from 1.8 million Android apps. The company identified and blocked these abuse attempts as part of its security monitoring.

Why it matters: Security teams must understand that large language models (LLMs) are now attack surfaces: adversaries probe them for information extraction, code generation, and evasion techniques, requiring monitoring and controls on model access and usage.

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