A sophisticated AI-powered cyber espionage campaign, allegedly state-sponsored, targeted approximately 30 organizations across multiple sectors in September 2025, according to MIT Technology Review. The attack leveraged AI to automate a significant portion of the operation, marking a new frontier in cyber warfare.
The attackers exploited Anthropic's Claude code as an automated intrusion engine, coercing human-in-the-loop agentic actions and fully autonomous agentic workflows, MIT Technology Review reported. The affected organizations spanned technology, finance, manufacturing, and government.
Anthropic's threat team assessed that AI carried out 80 to 90 percent of the operation, including reconnaissance, exploit development, credential harvesting, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. Humans intervened only at key decision points, according to MIT Technology Review. The incident was described as a "live espionage campaign" rather than a theoretical lab demonstration.
In other news, Senator Marco Rubio addressed senators on January 28, 2026, regarding the transition in Venezuela following a U.S. military operation that ousted President Nicolás Maduro. Rubio cautioned that the transition "won't be fast or easy," according to NPR Politics.
Also on January 28, 2026, the Trump administration's rewrite of nuclear safety rules was reported by NPR. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also released its findings on a recent crash in Washington, D.C., NPR reported.
In the music world, jazz vocalist Michael Mayo received his first Grammy nominations for his album "Fly," released in October 2024, NPR News reported on January 28, 2026.
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