Anthropic Claims it Disrupted a Large-Scale AI-Orchestrated Cyber-Espionage Attack
In mid-September 2025, Anthropic detected suspicious activity that investigation determined to be a sophisticated espionage campaign in which a Chinese state-sponsored group manipulated Claude Code into attempting infiltration of roughly 30 global targets, including large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies. Anthropic believes this is the
