Anthropic Claude used in attempted compromise of Mexican water utility
Date: 2026-05-07
Affected: Mexican water utility
Attack vector: agent-hijack
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

As part of the GTG-1002 campaign disclosed by Anthropic, an attacker used Claude to attempt compromise of a Mexican water utility, illustrating agentic AI use against critical infrastructure.


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