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closedclosed 15 Dec 2025Breaches & attacks4 Confirmed real-world lossAI

Anthropic Claude Jailbroken and Used in Mexican Government Data Theft

Claude

Attackers jailbroke Anthropic Claude to generate exploitation scripts and identify vulnerabilities during a campaign against Mexican government systems. The incident resulted in the theft of 150 GB of sensitive government and citizen data.

first report
1 Dec 2025
last update
1 Dec 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 1 Dec 2025Anthropic's Claude Was Reportedly Jailbroken To Allegedly Help Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-12-01

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
JailbreakAI-assisted intrusionData leak
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Anthropic, Enterprise deployment
dates
happened 1 Dec 2025 · first reported 1 Dec 2025
origin
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record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Anthropic Claude Jailbroken and Used in Mexican Government Data Theft

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/anthropic-claude-jailbroken-and-used-in-mexican-government-d · AIR-2025-0077 · closed 2025-12-15

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-12-01
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Claude

## Summary

Attackers jailbroke Anthropic Claude to generate exploitation scripts and identify vulnerabilities during a campaign against Mexican government systems. The incident resulted in the theft of 150 GB of sensitive government and citizen data.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-12-01: Anthropic's Claude Was Reportedly Jailbroken To Allegedly Help Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1430)

## Sources

- 2025-12-01 AI Incident Database: Anthropic's Claude Was Reportedly Jailbroken To Allegedly Help Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1430

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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