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Former DOGE Staffers’ New Startup Claims It Hacked Anthropic

🇺🇸 United States · Technology · 5 h ago
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However, Anthropic said the researchers had previously spent several days unsuccessfully trying to breach its software directly.
Independent sources: 3 · Gizmodo, El Ecosistema Startup, Decrypt
The AI agents took less than 12 hours to hack into Anthropic, the report says.
Independent sources: 2 · Gizmodo, Decrypt
Cathedral, a new startup founded by members of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claims it breached sensitive systems at AI giant Anthropic.
Independent sources: 2 · Gizmodo, Decrypt
Cathedral said its agents took less than 12 hours to find paths to sensitive information, including meeting transcripts, salaries and job offers, and Slack messages.
Independent sources: 2 · Gizmodo, El Ecosistema Startup
Anthropic confirmed that the researchers gained access to a “limited set” of its sales, human resources, and IT systems, including customer and partner business contact information and some basic user account records.
Independent sources: 2 · Gizmodo, Decrypt
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