Hackers impersonate Anthropic staff

Cybercriminals who appear to be Chinese hackers pretended to be Anthropic researchers and former government officials to obtain American AI development information.

TA419 targets AI policy experts

The hacking group dubbed 'TA419' impersonated AI industry professionals and an ex-White House staffer to target AI policy experts at US think tanks, universities, and law firms.

Hackers send malware-laced documents

After exchanging emails, TA419 sent malware-laced documents designed to gain access to targets' cloud accounts.

Military integration email target

Hackers used the subject line 'Request for Feedback on Military Integration of Claude' to target someone working at a think tank.

“Request for Feedback on Military Integration of Claude”

White House official shares concern

Lynne Edwards Parker, who held the position of Principal Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under Joe Biden, said she felt sadness over relationships being exploited by bad actors.

“sadness that relationships I’ve built over my career were being exploited by bad actors to deceive others”

Proofpoint warns of continued targeting

Proofpoint reports TA419 will likely continue targeting think tanks and policy experts working on technologies of interest to the Chinese government.

“will likely continue targeting think tanks and policy experts working on technologies, and in geographies, of particular interest to the Chinese government”