Hacker Steals Huge Data Trove From Mexico Using Anthropic's Claude

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44% : The user supplied Spanish-language prompts to Claude and used various techniques to get around guardrails intended to prevent the tool from being used in hacking exploits, Israeli cyber-security start-up Gambit Security said in a Wednesday study.
42% : Researchers say Spanish-language hacker manipulated Claude, ChatGPT into carrying out detailed hacks into numerous government agencies Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An unknown hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to carry out widespread attacks on Mexican government agencies, stealing a huge trove of tax and voter information, government employee credentials and civil registry files, researchers said.
42% : Beginning in December, the hacker stole a total of 150 gigabytes of Mexican government data, including data related to 195 million taxpayer records, voter records, government employee credentials and civil registry files, Gambit said. Data theft Institutions breached included Mexico's federal tax authority, the national electoral institute, and state governments in Mexico, Jalisco, Michoacán and Tamaulipas, as well as Mexico City's civil registry and Monterrey's water utility, the report said.

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