Anthropic got compromised.
Their Claude Code extension on Visual Studio has malware in it, which creates a remote access Trojan to desktops.
https://phorion.io/blog/offical-claude-code-vsx-compromise/
Kevin Beaumont
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2026-10-30 08:07:31 UTC
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