Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign \ Anthropic
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A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
Policy Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign Nov 13, 2025 Read the report We recently argued that an inflection point had been reached in cybersecurity: a point at which AI models had become genuinely useful for cybersecurity operations, both for good and for ill. This was based on systematic evaluations showing cyber capabilities doubling in six months; we’d also been tracking real-world cyberattacks, observing how malicious actors were using AI capabilities. While we predicted these capabilities would continue to evolve, what has stood out to us is how quickl
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