Post #4275779

2026-07-31 10:47 UTC

I'd be interested to see if any of the companies that were hacked by OpenAI or Anthropic will sue them. Someone has to take responsibility for this, and the blame is almost entirely on the leaders of these AI companies. Alternatively, hacking is just legal now until a court says otherwise? What a fucking mess. https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-says-claude-hacked-real-systems-during-cybersecurity-tests/

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@jaark@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 10:49

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social Surely there should be criminal proceedings, never mind just sueing.

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@neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org 2026-07-31 10:49

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social can't wait until it happens to a defense contractor

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@nbailey@mstdn.ca 2026-07-31 12:52

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social I guess CFAA and all compliance rules go out the window as soon as an LLM is involved... Good to know, surely an auditor will feel the same way. And maybe a jury if we're lucky

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@OvertonDoors@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 15:56

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social if nobody sues... There's only one conclusion to draw from this. Nobody was havked. It's all PR flack keeping a stupendously toxic debt bubble hyped.

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@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social 2026-07-31 11:00

Anthropic said its investigation was consistent with its "blameless postmortem culture." Bullshit! There's absolutely blame here; both OpenAI and Anthropic published blog posts literally detailing their crimes. If companies can't keep their own dangerous tech safe, they should face the consequences.

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@msfjarvis@fantastic.earth 2026-07-31 10:49

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social I've never seen two companies more excited to report that they have been engaging in cyber crime. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so fucking depressing

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@tymwol@hachyderm.io 2026-07-31 11:04

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social It's not copyright infringement if done by AI. It's not hacking if done by AI. It's not a wrong answer (but probabilistic reasoning) if written by AI.

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