AI startup hacks Anthropic, gains access to employee details, internal messages

Older discussion with original source (washington post)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241543

MSN access: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/it-took-just-12-hours-f...

That's not something you want to see before IPO. Wonder if it'll have an effect on the potential investors and thus the stock price. Also wonder if it then would have left-over effect on other AI stocks.

My popcorn is ready, seems we're up for an interesting week or several.

The headline is wrong. It should read:

> AI startup's agent goes rogue, hacks Anthropic, ...

Hacker News really living up to its name these past few days.

I'm concerned someone will hack Anthropic and release messages tied to people's identity, since you need a non-voip phone number to sign up

Some people trust AI with a lot - financial, health, relationships - and it would all be out there

I also expect open AI to be hacked at some point, but at least with them you can use a throwaway email

And with Gemini, google has had some incidents over the years but given their size and length of existence it's been surprisingly small / secure.

But anthropic is a typical grow-fast startup, with security likely as a secondary concern. Waiting for the shoe to drop.

I'm curious which software was the entry point:

> According to a draft report reviewed by The Washington Post, Cathedral used AI agents to find weaknesses in business software used by Anthropic for administrative and sales tasks. The researchers found ways to access internal data, including meeting transcripts and Slack messages, after running their agents for less than 12 hours.

It's like the hacker that hacks into a company to schedule himself for a job interview

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