Anthropic Says Claude Used in Possible Bioweapon Research

2026-09-12T08:51:41Z9ec4906b1c3e62d730f061fea9a3e892247d5fba5a767a6621272434bbed6277
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What happened

TechRepublic security feed covering AI-enabled biological and cyber risks, AI governance and data privacy, state-linked espionage and influence operations, exploited vulnerabilities, malware campaigns, botnet disruption, major data exposure, and account-protection developments. The most concrete vulnerability item is CVE-2023-49105 in ownCloud, reportedly added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after alleged exploitation involving Philippine nuclear data. Other notable threats include Vidar malware distributed through fake GTA 6 demos, AI agents exploiting backend API flaws in

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