Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Use Claude to Rebuild Malware After Detectionhttps://thehackernews.com/2026/09/russian-state-sponsored-hackers-use.html
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