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Anthropic Users Hit by Infostealer Attacks, Session Thefts

A threat actor used multiple infostealers to harvest session data and hijack Claude accounts belonging to an unknown number of users.

Dark Reading reports that a threat actor deployed a variety of infostealer families to collect session information, which was then used to access Claude accounts belonging to an unknown number of users. Anthropic has not disclosed the scale of the compromise. The incident underscores session token theft via infostealer logs as an effective route into AI platform accounts.

Dark Reading · 15d agoMalware in the wild

Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens

Commodity infostealer malware hijacked Anthropic user accounts, letting criminals mine AI tokens on victims' paid usage; Anthropic cracked down on affected accounts.

The Register reports that Anthropic is cracking down on user accounts hijacked through commodity malware that steals authenticated browser sessions. With the stolen sessions, thieves ran AI workloads to mine tokens, freeloading on victims' paid usage allowances. The campaign illustrates how infostealer operators now monetize AI platform credentials and sessions, not just financial accounts.

The Register · Security · 15d agoMalware in the wild

Infostealers Are Hijacking Claude Sessions and Draining Subscriptions

Infostealers hijacked active Claude sessions to bypass 2FA, drain paid usage and run unauthorized charges; Anthropic is revoking sessions and refunding.

Anthropic confirmed that infostealer malware on user machines stole active Claude login sessions, letting attackers bypass passwords, MFA, and SSO and drain paid usage and run unauthorized charges. Affected families identified on Windows include Vidar, LummaC2, StealC, RedLine, and Acreed, plus Atomic Stealer on a small number of Macs; the malware typically arrived via unofficial downloads or malicious apps. Anthropic signed users out, removed saved payment cards, revoked affected sessions, and is refunding unauthorized charges, noting phones and tablets were not involved.

Security Affairs · 15d agoMalware in the wild