Iran-linked group used Claude to target US navy
Anthropic reported it had identified and disrupted six operations across Iran, Yemen, China and Russia in which its Claude model was used for intelligence collection, weapons development and procurement. One Iran-linked group used Claude to assemble targeting handbooks on US naval forces, scraping personnel names from photo captions, ship and aircraft transponder identifiers, satellite-imagery query scripts and websites showing naval movements, and even researching CVEs in maritime VSAT, Cisco and industrial control systems. A Yemen-based cell used Claude Code for missile guidance software development and tests. Anthropic banned connected accounts and shared findings with partners.
Generative AI was used to gather targeting intelligence on US naval forces.
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Anthropic investigated model use and found misuse across several countries. The findings follow attacks on US naval assets in the region. More detections, account bans, and partner sharing could follow.
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