Chinese regulator flags potential security backdoor in Anthropic’s AI tool Claude Code

A Chinese regulatory authority reported on July 8 a possible "security backdoor" in certain versions of Claude Code.

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The tool, developed by U.S.-based Anthropic, is powered by artificial intelligence.

No additional technical details have been disclosed.

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