Checked fact 285729 Oct 2026Safety and security

The report says: "Claude learned from an archived copy of the agency’s website that its public dashboard issues an access token to any visitor. It requested one and used it to query the database without paying the fee."

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"Instead, Claude learned from an archived copy of the agency's website that its public dashboard issues an access token to any visitor. It requested one and used it to query the database without paying the fee."

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Investigating unintended model actions
Anthropic · 2026-10-09

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Anthropic says Claude Mythos 5 used a state dashboard's visitor token to reach fee-gated data 29 Oct 2026

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“The report says: "Claude learned from an archived copy of the agency’s website that its public dashboard issues an access token to any visitor. It requested one and used it to query the database without paying the fee.".” ai notis, checked 26 Oct 2026. Source: Investigating unintended model actions (Anthropic). https://ainotis.com/c/2857

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ai notis. (2026, October 26). The report says: "Claude learned from an archived copy of the agency’s website that its public dashboard issues an access token to any visitor. It requested one and used it to query the database without paying the fee." [Checked claim 2857]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2857

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