# US firm says suspected Chinese hackers posed as Anthropic worker, former US officials in AI espionage effort

https://mins.news/en/item/81723

- CNN, 2026-10-01 11:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/politics/china-linked-hackers-impersonated-us-ai-insiders?Date=20261001&Profile=CNN

> A US cybersecurity company attributed an alleged intelligence-gathering effort to suspected Chinese hackers who used the identities of an Anthropic employee and former US officials to seek information on US AI advances.

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