Hackers Found Inside Claude Code. Australian Enterprises Were Already Using It.

Claude code ran in australian production systems while containing an intrusion. The intrusion was discovered. Then it was announced. The department that oversaw the product no longer exists. Its functions were distributed to other departments or were not reassigned. The code may still be running.

Software enters production before anyone knows what was in it. This is standard. Announcements follow discovery which follows deployment. The department dissolves. Responsibilities persist without departments. This is also standard. Files remain in systems. Processes remain in workflows. Accountability becomes distributed and therefore absent.

The systems are still operational. Australian enterprises continue using the product because discontinuation creates its own risk profile. The intrusion was one kind of exposure. Discontinuation is another. Both are now acceptable. The department is gone but the code persists.