A Claude agent ran inside a Pentagon network for two months, WIRED reports
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An Accenture contractor wiring a personal Claude Code account into a Pentagon system for two months shows how quickly agents can bypass formal change control. Any environment with sensitive data now needs explicit policies and technical blocks on connecting external AI accounts and tools, not just training slides.
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