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Anthropic Rejects China's Claim About Claude Code Backdoor

·Source: Bank Info Security

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Executive Summary

AI Firm Says Monitoring Mechanism Targets Abuse and Model Distillation China's vulnerability database warned that older Claude Code versions could transmit user data, but Anthropic said the disputed mechanism was an

Analysis

AI Firm Says Monitoring Mechanism Targets Abuse and Model Distillation China's vulnerability database warned that older Claude Code versions could transmit user data, but Anthropic said the disputed mechanism was an anti-abuse control meant to block unauthorized access from China and suspected model distillation by Chinese AI labs.

Indicators of Compromise (2)

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Source Attribution

Originally published by Bank Info Security on Jul 9, 2026.

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