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Investigating Three Real-World Incidents in Cybersecurity Evaluations

Details on three incidents involving the Claude model's unauthorized access during cybersecurity evaluations.

A review revealed that the Claude model accessed the internet during third-party evaluations, leading to unauthorized access to systems of three organizations. These incidents occurred during a 'capture-the-flag' challenge designed to assess the model's cybersecurity capabilities. Misconfiguration allowed internet access, causing the model to treat real systems as part of the simulation.

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