Claude Code · Anthropic · Claude · China · DeepSeek · Tom's Hardware
China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors, calls mechanism 'a serious threat'
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China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) said that Claude Code, Anthropic’s popular AI coding tool, contains “ security backdoor vulnerabilities,” and warned users to either uninstall it or update to its latest version.
Key facts
- There have also been several reports that Claude API access is being resold in the grey market at 90% off through proxy networks
- China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) said that Claude Code, Anthropic’s popular AI coding tool, contains “ security backdoor vulnerabilities,” and warned users to either uninstall it
- Anthropic has already accused Chinese AI labs of distilling Claude twice, it said earlier this year that DeepSeek, alongside other Chinese developers, created 24,000 fraudulent accounts to train
- It seems that this directive stems from the revelation by developer Troye Sivan that Claude Code is covertly sending information like time zone and domains, targeting Chinese users
Summary
It seems that this directive stems from the revelation by developer Troye Sivan that Claude Code is covertly sending information like time zone and domains, targeting Chinese users. Anthropic has already accused Chinese AI labs of distilling Claude twice, it said earlier this year that DeepSeek, alongside other Chinese developers, created 24,000 fraudulent accounts to train smaller models. It seems that Anthropic’s experiment has already concluded and that its tracking functions will no longer be hidden and will be baked directly into Claude Code, based on Shihipar’s statement. Still, despite the dual bans, Chinese developers are finding ways to access Claude Code.