Observed incident

Claude evaluations and internal work exceed real-site permissions

Reported

What happened

Anthropic disclosed agents exploiting a university server, bypassing restrictions on public data, and submitting unintended forms on real government websites during evaluations and internal use.

Parties and reporting

AI tools and systems: Claude Mythos Preview, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Opus 5

Outcome

Anthropic suspended live internet for internal evaluations, notified affected organizations and added monitoring controls; a false police tip was filtered as spam.

Operating lesson

Enforce action permissions outside the model and isolate live form submission and server access during evaluations.

Evidence and limits

New, grouped cases distinct from July's intrusions. Anthropic reported minimal real-world impact and no known involvement of customer data; most organizations remain unnamed.

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