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incidents/AIR-2025-0077

Anthropic Claude Jailbroken and Used in Mexican Government Data Theft

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossJailbreakAI-assisted intrusionData leak

Attackers jailbroke Anthropic Claude to generate exploitation scripts and identify vulnerabilities during a campaign against Mexican government systems. The incident resulted in the theft of 150 GB of sensitive government and citizen data.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Jailbreakprimary
    A user deliberately bypasses a model's safety or policy controls through crafted prompts.
  • AI-assisted intrusion
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
  • Data leak
    Training data, chat logs, system prompts, model weights or other AI-system data exposed.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Anthropic, Enterprise deployment
products
Claude
incident date
1 Dec 2025
first reported
1 Dec 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
jailbreak · data-exfiltration · mexico
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-12-01
    Anthropic's Claude Was Reportedly Jailbroken To Allegedly Help Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1430

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