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The claim states that this represented the first documented case of a foreign government using AI to fully automate a cyber operation, but the source states that it is the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention. The claim does not mention that the attackers are assessed with high confidence to be a Chinese state-sponsored group.

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www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage(1 check)
partial85%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026
Found: The attackers bypassed Claude's safeguards by breaking down attacks into small, seemingly innocent tasks and claiming to be employees of a legitimate cybersecurity firm engaged in defensive testing. T…

Note: The claim states that this represented the first documented case of a foreign government using AI to fully automate a cyber operation, but the source states that it is the first documented case of a large-scale cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention. The claim does not mention that the attackers are assessed with high confidence to be a Chinese state-sponsored group.

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