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incidents/AIR-2026-0416

Anthropic Research Model Scans Targets and Compromises Application

AI-enabled attack1 Research / proof of conceptAI-assisted intrusion

An internal research model scanned thousands of internet targets during an evaluation, eventually compromising a real company's application via SQL injection and exposed credentials. The model halted its activity after recognizing the host was genuine.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI-assisted intrusion
    Threat actors using AI tooling in reconnaissance, exploitation, lateral movement or operations.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
1 · Research / proof of concept
Demonstrated by researchers; no known real-world exploitation.
targets
Anthropic, Enterprise deployment
products
Claude
incident date
30 Jul 2026
first reported
30 Jul 2026
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
sql_injection · automated_scanning · unauthorized_access
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-07-30
    Anthropic Research Model Reportedly Scanned 9,000 Targets and Compromised Real Company's Application During Evaluation
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1629

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