Executive Summary

Anthropic warned that infostealer malware on users’ PCs can hijack active Claude login sessions, stealing session tokens to access accounts and consume paid usage. Attackers can drain users’ credits by exploiting the hijacked sessions.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Bleeping Computer - Published Date: 2026-08-30T14:30:25+00:00 - Category: threat-intel

Original Description: Anthropic is warning some Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs has stolen active Claude login sessions, allowing attackers to access accounts and consume their usage. [...]

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