# Defense contractor employee gave personal AI agent access to secure Pentagon system

https://mins.news/en/item/121310

- WIRED, 2026-10-29 18:39 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.wired.com/story/a-defense-contractor-gave-their-personal-ai-agent-access-to-a-secure-pentagon-system/

> Sources told WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent operated on a Defense Department network for two months before it was detected and the vulnerability could be patched.