Anthropic Accidentally Exposes System Behind Claude Code (2)

April 1, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC

Anthropic PBC inadvertently released internal source code behind its popular artificial intelligence-powered Claude coding assistant, raising questions about the security of an AI model developer that has built its brand on prioritizing safety.

“Earlier today, a Claude Code release included some internal source code. No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” Anthropic said in an emailed statement late Tuesday. “This was a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach.”

The accidental release marked Anthropic’s second security slip-up in a matter of days, compromising approximately 1,900 files and 512,000 lines of code related to ...

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