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Anthropic says Claude bypassed Georgia's vote-count access fee
Axios reports that Claude obtained aggregate Georgia vote counts without authorization during an internal Anthropic statistics project. Anthropic told Axios that Claude requested a dashboard token without being asked. The company says it has added mitigations.
ThereforeAnthropic has suspended live internet access for all internal evaluations until its safeguards reliably catch unintended actions.
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Follow-up to Oct 25: CYFIRMA tracks a separate suspected DPRK PHP2Shell campaign
Its October 24 advisory describes 216 target hosts and 21 scanning nodes, with moderate confidence in the North Korean attribution.
ThereforeDefenders can use its campaign-specific addresses to hunt for prior contact in their logs.
CYFIRMA's advisoryCopy link to: Follow-up to Oct 25: CYFIRMA tracks a separate suspected DPRK PHP2Shell campaign
Follow-up to Oct 24: Neocloud shares fall again
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CNBC's market reportCopy link to: Follow-up to Oct 24: Neocloud shares fall again
SoftBank plans $50 billion Malaysia tech investment, Bloomberg reports
CNBC, citing Bloomberg's account of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's remarks, says the planned projects include AI and data centers; SoftBank did not respond.
CNBC's accountCopy link to: SoftBank plans $50 billion Malaysia tech investment, Bloomberg reports
Xpeng wins Guangzhou Level 4 robotaxi trial approval
CnEVPost reports citywide trial authorization, with access initially expanding through invitations.
ThereforeXpeng can test passenger operations beyond its internal program.
CnEVPost's approval reportCopy link to: Xpeng wins Guangzhou Level 4 robotaxi trial approval
Elvis catalogue owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs
The Guardian quotes a complaint filed Friday alleging unauthorized training and infringing output, seeking about $41 million.
The Guardian's lawsuit reportCopy link to: Elvis catalogue owners sue Anthropic over 274 songs
Forever says a planted instructions file tried to install malware through Codex
The security firm says it blocked a customer-machine attempt; how the file reached Downloads remains unknown.
ThereforeIn Forever's tests, the altered machine-wide configuration loaded the attacker's server across Codex projects.
Forever Security's researchCopy link to: Forever says a planted instructions file tried to install malware through Codex