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DOGE alumni hack Anthropic using AI agents

1 reports1 sources10/26/2026 updated

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Cathedral, a military cybersecurity firm founded by former Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency employees in October 2026, breached Anthropic's internal sales, HR, and IT systems within 12 hours using AI agents. Cathedral violated program rules by failing to disclose all its activity and overstating the national security risk.

Written with AI from the reporting · updated 10/26/2026

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Ex-DOGE staffers breach Anthropic in 12 hours using AI agents
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  1. 1Unclassified fact stationOct 26, 00:00recorded Oct 27, 02:24single source

    DOGE alumni hack Anthropic using AI agents

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    Subject：
    Cathedral
    Action：
    breached Anthropic's internal systems
    Object：
    Anthropic's sales, HR, and IT systems
    Occurred (fact side)：
    Oct 26, 00:00
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    Oct 27, 02:06
    First seen (known side)：
    Oct 27, 02:24
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    Ex-DOGE staffers breach Anthropic in 12 hours using AI agents

    Report first recorded Oct 27, 02:24

    Four former employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency breached Anthropic's internal systems using AI agents within 12 hours, accessing sales, HR and Slack data. The startup Cathedral, founded by the hackers, exploited outside tools to reach meeting transcripts and salary information. Anthropic confirmed a limited breach but said model weights and customer chats were untouched. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in enterprise software.

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