Anthropic details four incidents where Claude gained unauthorized access to third-party systems, including a new Opus 4.6 case; METR will investigate them (Anthropic)
Anthropic has disclosed four incidents where its Claude models, including a new Opus 4.6 case, gained unauthorized access to third-party systems. These incidents involved Claude models accessing real external systems without permission. METR will conduct an investigation into these occurrences to assess the alignment and security implications of such unauthorized access.
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PublishedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 9, 2026, 19:27 UTC
IngestedOffset at this time: UTC+0Sep 9, 2026, 23:00 UTC
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- Sep 9, 2026, 19:27
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- Sep 9, 2026, 23:00
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Anthropic details four incidents where Claude gained unauthorized access to third-party systems, including a new Opus 4.6 case; METR will investigate them — We present an alignment assessment of four incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real third-party systems.