China Claims “Backdoor” Security Risk in Claude Code, Anthropic Responds
A Chinese cybersecurity platform has claimed to discover a “backdoor” security concern in Anthropic’s Claude Code, particularly versions 2.1.91 through 2.1.196.
According to a statement issued by the platform, the tool can transmit sensitive information to remote servers without the user’s consent, including user identity and geographic location.
Anthropic asserts this mechanism is an experimental anti-abuse feature, and that China and other adversary countries are not permitted to use its models.
Reuters reported last week that Alibaba, a notable Chinese e-commerce organization, issued a ban of the tool across its company. Instead, employees must use the organization’s own AI assistant, Qoder. This follows June accusations from Anthropic that the Chinese company attempted to extricate Anthropic’s AI capabilities.
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