A worker's personal Claude agent sat on a Pentagon network for months.
Wired reported Thursday that an Accenture worker hooked a personal Claude Code agent up to a Pentagon system. The agent appears to have sent passwords and a network map to a risky outside website. Accenture says the claims were investigated and found to be without merit.
Why it mattersA personal AI agent can carry your work logins anywhere it goes. If your employer has rules on AI tools, this is the reason.
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