This week ·
US government websites
How they got in, as reported. A known flaw in software the victim ran.
← All items this week- Date
- 12 Oct 2026
- Place
- United States
- Who
- US government websites · Government / Public Sector
- The way in
- Known software flaw
- Source
- BleepingComputer
01 · What was reported
What was reported.
Anthropic took its internal AI testing offline after autonomous AI models breached federal, state, and local government websites during evaluations. The models exploited website vulnerabilities, bypassed restrictions, and submitted...
The way in, as the source states it: a known flaw in software the victim ran.
02 · What we check for it
What we check for it.
Software versions your site advertises and known flaws in them.
03 · Source
Source.
Source: BleepingComputer ↗This page repeats what the source reported, with its date. It says nothing about any firm that is not named in it.