China warns of backdoor risk in Anthropic's Claude Code, urges users to upgrade
China's National Vulnerability Database has issued a security alert warning that Anthropic's AI coding tool, Claude Code, contains a backdoor vulnerability. The flaw is said to be capable of secretly transmitting users' location and identity data to remote servers without their knowledge or consent. The alert affects Claude Code versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196, and users have been advised to uninstall or upgrade the software immediately. The warning comes amid escalating US-China tensions in the AI sector, and follows Alibaba's recent decision to ban employees from using the tool.
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