Trend Micro Research and others describe a packaging mistake that exposed internal Claude Code source files, followed by threat actors luring users into downloading trojanized GitHub Release archives, reinforcing how AI tooling leaks can become supply chain bait.
Anthropic strikes back after the Claude Code leak, nuking 8,100 GitHub repos.
Anthropic employee error exposes Claude Code source
Anthropic’s Claude Code leak led to widespread public replication and threat actor activity, with trojanized forks, malicious payloads (Vidar/GhostSocks), and intensified phishing through GitHub repositories and social-engineering lures.
Claude Code leak used to push infostealer malware on GitHub
⚠️ WARNING - Attackers are weaponizing the Claude Code leak.
Fake GitHub repos now deploy Vidar Stealer and GhostSocks, using trojanized builds that look legitimate.
They thought they were downloading Claude Code source. They got a nasty dose of malware instead
WARNING - Attackers are weaponizing the Claude Code leak.
Anthropic strikes 8,100+ GitHub repositories with a massive DMCA claim to purge leaked "Claude Code."
Discover how the AI giant is scrubbing its IP from the web.
The leaked Claude Code source made it work with any LLM model: GPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama, MiniMax. Open source.
Everyone arguing about the Claude Code leak.
Got a message today: "It looks like a few of your recent prompts don’t meet our Usage Policy."
claude seems nerfed for the last 3 days.
A packaging mistake exposed internal Claude Code source files.
Threat actors rapidly used the publicity to lure users into downloading trojanized GitHub Release archives.
Leak: Claude code exposure
Which is hilarious because that’s exactly what Claude leaked
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