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A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Wired By Vittoria Elliott Oct 29, 2026 · 1:39 PM 0 views 0 comments

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Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.

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