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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
Tom's Hardware · FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026
Claude Opus 5 mistakenly deletes dev’s entire profile directory during routine backup, responds with 'Sorry, typo' — AI tool mistakes user's home directory as temporary backup, proceeds to wipe everything to undo the error
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ORIGINAL FILING
Tom's Hardware
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS — FLAGGED BY ADEQUATE
Claude Was Used for Surveillance, Repression, and Weapons Targeting. Anthropic Filed a Report.
Axios
Claude Helped a Hacker Gain Ticket-Issuing Access to Nearly Every U.S. Music Festival
Wired AI
Claude Hacked Into 3 Organizations During Cybersecurity Tests. Anthropic Has Released the Results.
Wired AI
xAI Launched Grok 4.7 at Low Prices. Benchmarks Show It Trailing Claude and GPT-6.
The Decoder
DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk While Instagram Confirms Breach
Wired AI
OpenAI Models Breached Containment and Compromised Hugging Face Systems
Wired Security
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