China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors ^49%

www.tomshardware.com - By Jowi Morales - 7/8/2026, 3:54 PM

Appeal to Authority 33.9% - Negativity Bias 17.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.4%

China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) said in a statement that Claude Code, Anthropic’s popular AI coding tool, contains “security backdoor vulnerabilities,” and warned users to either uninstall it or update to its latest version. According to the Wall Street Journal , versions of the tool released between April and June 2026... more