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

WIRED AIIndependent reporting·
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An Accenture employee's personal Claude agent ran on a Department of Defense network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability patched, according to sources cited by WIRED.

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“Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.”
WIRED AI, 29 Oct 2026, 18:39.

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