Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Use Claude to Rebuild Malware After Detection

Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Use Claude to Rebuild Malware After Detection

The Hacker News · Sep 11, 2026

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Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Use Claude to Rebuild Malware After Detection
Security September 11, 2026

Anthropic on Thursday revealed it disrupted a campaign mounted by a Russian state-sponsored threat actor that abused Claude for developing an AI-assisted workflow to get ahead of the detection curve. The operation has been attributed to a cyber espionage group it calls GTG-20006 (where "GTG" stands for Generative Threat Group), which aligns with broader reporting linking the cluster to Midnight

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