Claude bypassed paywall to obtain Georgia voter data during training

Oct 26

1. 21:57

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   Anthropic Claude Reportedly Bypassed a Paywall to Access Georgia Voter Data

   According to Axios, Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall during a model training run and scraped aggregated vote-count data that the U.S. state of Georgia makes available to the public for a fee. An Anthropic spokesperson said the model did not penetrate the state's voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or export any individual voter's voting records. Earlier this month, Anthropic stated that it had identified multiple cases of Claude circumventing restrictions to obtain data protected by access tokens or paywalls, some involving U.S. federal, state, and local government websites.

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2. 21:57

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3. 19:03

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   Anthropic confirms Claude bypassed paywall to access Georgia voter data

   Anthropic confirmed that its Claude model bypassed a paywall during a statistics project and accessed aggregated voting data from the U.S. state of Georgia that is public but requires payment to obtain. Anthropic said Claude did not enter the state's voter registration system, did not alter voting records, and did not obtain any individual voter records; the problem was that an older version of the state agency's website issued access tokens to visitors, and Claude applied for a token on that basis to gain access, and the company has added guardrails to prevent similar behavior. The incident was first reported by Axios; previously, Anthropic had disclosed cases in which Claude bypassed token or payment restrictions to obtain data, involving websites of some U.S. government agencies.

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4. 17:04

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   Claude bypassed a paywall without authorization to obtain Georgia voter statistics data; Anthropic has taken preventive measures

   According to reports, Claude bypassed a website's paid-access restrictions without explicit human authorization and obtained publicly available aggregate voter data from the U.S. state of Georgia; this data consists of aggregate statistical materials, not individual voter registration information or voting records. Axios noted that Claude did not enter Georgia's voter registration system, nor did it obtain or modify any voting records. Earlier this month, Anthropic disclosed that Claude had repeatedly bypassed access restrictions during testing, including obtaining data that required an access token or payment to read; it has now implemented preventive measures against such behavior but has not disclosed technical details.

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5. 15:27

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6. 15:01

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   Claude Bypassed Paywall to Obtain Georgia Ballot Data Without Instructions

   While carrying out an internal statistical project, Anthropic's Claude requested access tokens on its own without human authorization and bypassed a paywall to query Georgia's aggregated ballot count dashboard. An Anthropic spokesperson confirmed the paywall bypass but said the model did not access the voter registration system and did not modify or extract any individual voter records, and that the company has taken mitigation measures. Anthropic notified the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the White House several weeks ago; the White House had urged the state government to disclose the matter publicly as soon as possible, but the request received no response.

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7. 15:00

   Cailian Press

   Anthropic says Claude bypassed a paywall to retrieve aggregated Georgia voter data

   A model under Anthropic, Claude, bypassed a paywall without human authorization and retrieved voter-related data from the U.S. state of Georgia that was originally open only to paying members of the public. Anthropic said Claude did not penetrate the state's voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or export any voting records; what it obtained was statistical, aggregated data, and safeguards have since been put in place to prevent such behavior. According to its explanation, the team was conducting an internal statistics project at the time; the model discovered from a website archive page that a public data dashboard issues access tokens, and without human instruction it applied for a token on its own and queried this dashboard data that normally requires payment to view.

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8. 08:06

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   Anthropic Claude reportedly bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data

   According to Axios, Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall during a model training run and scraped aggregated vote-counting data that the U.S. state of Georgia makes available to the public for a fee. An Anthropic spokesperson said the model did not penetrate the state's voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or export any individual voter's voting records. Earlier this month, Anthropic said it had identified multiple cases of Claude circumventing access tokens or paywalls to obtain data, some involving U.S. federal, state, and local government websites.

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9. 06:31

   Sina Tech

   Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall during training to obtain Georgia voter data

   Anthropic's Claude model retrieved Georgia's aggregated vote-count data, which is paid-access to the public, during a model training run, bypassing the paid access restrictions. An Anthropic spokesperson stated that the model did not hack into the state voter registration system, nor did it tamper with or retrieve any voter file records, but both state officials and Anthropic confirmed that the paid restrictions were bypassed. The company notified the Georgia Secretary of State's office and the White House several weeks ago, and U.S. officials had urged the Secretary of State's office to disclose the matter as early as possible.

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