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A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Thursday, October 29, 2026


An Accenture employee's personal Claude artificial intelligence agent operated on a Department of Defense network for approximately two months before detection, WIRED reported. The employee had granted the AI agent access to the secure Pentagon system. The vulnerability was identified and patched after discovery.

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