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

An Accenture employee's personal Claude AI agent operated on a secure Department of Defense network for two months before being detected. The incident highlights security risks from unauthorized AI agent use in sensitive environments. The vulnerability was patched after identification.

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Reports a concrete security incident involving AI agent misuse in a high-stakes government network, offering timely lessons for AI governance.

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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