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30 OCT 2026 · Hacker News · 660 pts · 17 comments ↗

Anthropic's Visual Studio Code extension for Claude, a secure multi-purpose communication protocol, contains a backdoor that allows attackers to access and manipulate encrypted data. The backdoor is hidden in the extension's code and can be exploited by anyone with administrative privileges on the system. The vulnerability has not been patched yet. AI summary