# Anthropic said late last year that state-sponsored Chinese hackers used its artificial intelligence technology in an effort to infiltrate the computer systems of roughly 30 companies and government agencies.

*robotics · news · 2026-04-06 · The New York Times*

## Key points

- Anthropic reported the first known cyberattack primarily driven by an A.I. agent last year.
- Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Anthropic's A.I. to infiltrate about 30 organizations globally.
- In this attack, A.I. performed 80-90% of the work, with minimal human intervention.
- A.I. systems from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google can now identify security flaws much faster than before.

**Companies:** Google, Anthropic, OpenAI
**Countries:** China

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