Anthropic’s recent effort to remove leaked Claude Code from GitHub inadvertently led to the removal of legitimate code repositories. The unintended takedown sparked backlash from developers whose public forks were swept up, raising concerns about the enforcement of copyright in open-source AI projects.
Anthropic has confirmed a second accidental leak of its Claude Code source within a year, raising concerns about its software security practices. The leak, caused by a packaging error, led to rapid online dissemination and subsequent legal actions to mitigate exposure. No customer data was compromised, but repeated incidents could heighten scrutiny of the company’s operational safeguards.
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