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Claude Code source leak, GitHub DMCA takedowns, and trojanized forks

April 1, 2026Gray Hats, Tanya Janca | Shehackspurple, Cyber_OSINT

Gray Hats and Cyber OSINT describe Anthropic responding to the Claude Code leak by taking down thousands of GitHub repos, while attackers republish trojanized forks and use phishing lures, turning the leak into an active supply chain risk.

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.
Gray Hats
Tanya Janca | Shehackspurple
Cyber_OSINT
supply chainleak responsegithub takedownsgithubclaude codeopen sourcesupply chain

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