Accenture Contractor Connected Personal Claude Code Account to Pentagon System, Causing Credential Leak
WIRED, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that an Accenture contractor connected a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) system used by multiple intelligence agencies to his personal Claude Code account, letting the AI agent write and deploy code on his behalf; the agent then sent login credentials, passwords, and NIPRNet network topology diagrams to a third-party website that NIST has classified as high-risk. The agent ran on a Department of Defense network for two months before being discovered and patched, and sources said Accenture initially did not report the matter to the government; Accenture responded that the allegations were found to be unfounded after a thorough independent investigation and that it has fully complied with its legal and contractual obligations. Claude is currently prohibited for use by Department of Defense personnel.
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