--- title: Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted... description: Anthropic reported detecting what they called the first AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign, claiming Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Claude AI to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/researchers-question-anthropic-claim-that-ai-assisted-attack-was-90-autonomous-w9jxoqoss copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic reported detecting what they called the first AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign, claiming Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Claude AI to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/researchers-question-anthropic-claim-that-ai-assisted-attack-was-90-autonomous-w9jxoqoss og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/w9jxoqOss.png og:image:alt: Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic reported detecting what they called the first AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign, claiming Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Claude AI to automate 90% of their attack workflow. Security researchers are skeptical of these claims, questioning why malicious actors supposedly achieve dramatically better results with AI tools than legitimate developers and white-hat hackers, who typically report only incremental gains from AI assistance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Chinese spies used Claude to break into critical orgs](https://daily.dev/posts/chinese-spies-used-claude-to-break-into-critical-orgs-8s4p29qsa) · The Register · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hackers Are Automating Cyberattacks With AI. 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