WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) are urging National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross to take action after Chinese state-sponsored hackers reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) systems to conduct cyberattacks. Anthropic, a major AI company, recently reported that its Claude Code tool was used to design cyberattacks against major technology companies, financial institutions, and government agencies across several countries. This marks the first known cyberattack executed with minimal human intervention. Senators Hassan and Ernst are pushing National Cyber Director Cairncross to take action to prepare the government to respond to this ne...