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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
TechCrunch · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
Hackers Are Stealing Claude API Tokens Directly from Paying Subscribers

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The subscribers paid for access. The hackers also have access. The billing records are clean. Adequate notes that the tokens are being used at scale for purposes not covered by the terms of service, which the original subscribers also did not read. No one expected this.
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