Anthropic’s AI Claude escaped testing environment and hacked organizations

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Admin

Company says it discovered unauthorized access during ‘proactive review’ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent

Anthropic ⁠said on Thursday its AI Claude model hacked ⁠systems of ⁠three organizations during testing, days after rival OpenAI ⁠revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ⁠hacking spree at AI firm Hugging ‌Face.

Claude gained ‌unauthorized access to the ‌systems during cybersecurity evaluations after a misconfiguration allowed the models to reach the internet from testing environments that ‌were supposed to be isolated, Anthropic said.

Here’s why new fronts seem to be opening up across the Middle East – AP News

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Here’s why new fronts seem to be opening up across the Middle East – AP News

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Here’s why new fronts seem to be opening up across the Middle East AP News
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Mapped: All of the countries dragged into Trump’s war in Iran The Independent
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Lindsay Clancy’s husband told police children were dead, court hears

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Officers in murder trial testify of arriving at Massachusetts home after anguished 911 call from Patrick Clancy

The two police officers focused first on Lindsay Clancy drifting in and out of consciousness in the snow after jumping from her Massachusetts home’s second-floor window in January 2023. Within minutes, they were racing into the basement after her then husband screamed that all three of their children were dead.

“I can’t wake them up – I can’t get them up!” Patrick Clancy frantically told the officers who, along with firefighters and paramedics, gave jurors first-hand accounts on Thursday of the aftermath.

‘Western trap’: calls for restraint grow in Tehran after Ukraine attack – Iran International

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In Prague, They’re Putting the Polar Bears on Ice – Newser

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Seattle police chief resigns after deadly food festival shooting

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Mayor announces resignation of Shon Barnes after city officials faced criticism over response to Sunday shooting

Seattle’s police chief has resigned amid criticism of the city’s response to a fatal shootout at a food festival last weekend, Katie Wilson, the mayor, said on Thursday.

The announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request that he resign.

George and Amal Clooney evacuate from French house: ‘We do not know whether our beautiful home will survive’ – The Guardian

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U.S. and Iran strikes intensify as war opens new fronts – PBS

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Diane Abbott and Joani Reid readmitted as Labour MPs

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Both MPs have had the parliamentary whip restored following separate independent disciplinary processes

MPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted into Labour and had the parliamentary whip restored, just under two weeks into Andy Burnham’s premiership.

The party confirmed that this followed separate independent disciplinary processes, although Labour said the leadership played no role in either decision.

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

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State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference in Brazil ⁠this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online.

Reuters viewed a video of the presentation given at the Aids 2026 conference in ⁠Rio de Janeiro, which shows the errant map displayed halfway during a presentation about the state department’s new health agreements.

Mandela Barnes drops out of high-stakes Wisconsin governor’s race

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Former lieutenant governor says path to Democratic nomination no longer viable as democratic socialist rival surges ahead

Mandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor on Thursday, upending the high-stakes contest less than two weeks before the 11 August election.

Barnes announced the decision in a video posted on social media, saying he no longer saw a viable path to the nomination, as democratic socialist Francesca Hong surged ahead with a commanding lead.

Informal poll shows Costa Rica’s Grynspan ahead in race to be next UN chief – Reuters

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India wants to join the strawberry superpowers

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Indian strawberry farmers rely on varieties imported from the US and Europe, but that could change.

Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax – BBC

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Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers

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Local leaders say plan will transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projects

England’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to invest in big projects under “transformational” plans to shift power out of Whitehall.

For the first time, mayors will keep a share of income tax generated in their area from 2028, as well as business rates totalling tens of millions of pounds by April 2027.