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All references here, do your own research: References [1] SecurityWeek, "Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack," Feb. 2026. [Online].
by Reaktornano 5mo ago
All references here, do your own research:
References
[1] SecurityWeek, "Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack," Feb. 2026. [Online]. Available: https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-weaponize-claude-code-in-mexican-government-cyberattack/ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-weaponize-claude-code-i...
[2] Anthropic, "Threat Intelligence Report: August 2025," Anthropic, Aug. 27, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/b2a76c6f6992465c09a6f2fce282f6c0cea8c200.pdf https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/b2a76c6f6992465c09a6f2fce282f6...
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- refulgentis 5mo agoLooked at [1] and [6] and yeah, it wasn't a solo user with just Claude Code. And the sources are garbage lol, both are rewrites of a startup called Gambit's press release. I'm surprised Claude wasn't more careful, to be honest, the articles stop far shy of "solo user with Claude Code" and provide more context that obviates it.
- Barbing 5mo agoWho made this go gray? The article cites two sources for “solo hacker”, one and six. Sources one and six refer to “hackers“ in plural. (Possibly article based on a summary of information retrieved from these articles)
- refulgentis 5mo agoIt’s at -3. Pretty wild to me, but…idk
- Reaktornano 5mo agoAnother ref https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/hacker-used-anthropic-s-claude-to-steal-sensitive-mexican-data https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/hacker-us...
- Barbing 5mo agoSome links are missing. Was able to find manually but suggests no human ever read this block of text or didn’t care. So this is the link you might’ve wanted to share then: https://gambit.security/blog-post/a-single-operator-two-ai-platforms-nine-government-agencies-the-full-technical-report https://gambit.security/blog-post/a-single-operator-two-ai-p... Saw the PDF was linked within (https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/69944dd945f20ca4a27a7c47/69d8bb5aea59e31efb3b8a7f_Tech_Report_ai_breach_mex_gov.pdf https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/69944dd945f20ca4a27a7c47/...) Thanks for adding to your blog retroactively I suppose (version history would almost be nice). Feel my time was wasted today and will share “Slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce.” — Interesting, wonder if it was solo or team hoping to appear solo