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Attackers stole over 150GB of data and exposed roughly 195 million identities, according to Gambit Security.
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Cyberattack on Mexico's Government Agencies Highlight AI Threat
Using Anthropic and OpenAI's AI systems — and a detailed playbook prompt — cyberattackers gained access to Mexico's agencies and its citizens' data.
Claude Used to Hack Mexican Government - Schneier on Security
An unknown hacker used Anthropic’s LLM to hack the Mexican government: The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in government networks, writing computer scripts to exploit them and determining ways to automate data theft, Israeli cybersecurity startup Gambit Security said in research published Wednesday.
Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack
The AI was abused to write exploits, create tools, and automatically exfiltrate over 150GB of data.
Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-03-02