Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers

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Last month, a Claude user noticed his account was consuming tokens even though he wasn't working. Anthropic has since warned users about hackers.

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2026-09-08 21:10 · TechCrunch AI
Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers

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