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Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt

Poison Claude Sells Discounted Claude Access While Its Operator Sees Every Customer Prompt

Aug 05, 2026 AI Security / Threat Intelligence
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered more than half-a-dozen services advertisements for illegal access to artificial intelligence (AI) models on underground cybercrime forums and messaging platforms. One such service, Poison Claude, claims to offer access to Anthropic's large language models (LLMs), including Opus 4.8, Opus 4.7, Opus 4.6, and Sonnet 4.6. "Advertisements for Poison Claude explain how the service can offer the cheap tokens: by taking advantage of free bonus credits, such as the US$100 bonus credit on AWS for Bedrock accounts," Okta researchers Jeremy Kirk and Mathew Woodyard said in an analysis published Tuesday. "The service plainly states on its website that: 'We add those accounts to our pool, your request is routed to a specific account under the hood (you don't see this), and you get charged 5-15% of the official per-token price depending on the model.'" Poison Claude accepts payments in cryptocurrencies. Once a cus...
Australian Man Charged for Fake Wi-Fi Scam on Domestic Flights

Australian Man Charged for Fake Wi-Fi Scam on Domestic Flights

Jul 02, 2024 Data Theft / Wi-Fi Security
An Australian man has been charged with running a fake Wi-Fi access point during a domestic flight with an aim to steal user credentials and data. The unnamed 42-year-old "allegedly established fake free Wi-Fi access points, which mimicked legitimate networks, to capture personal data from unsuspecting victims who mistakenly connected to them," the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said in a press release last week. The agency said the suspect was charged in May 2024 after it launched an investigation a month earlier following a report from an airline about a suspicious Wi-Fi network identified by its employees during a domestic flight. A subsequent search of his baggage on April 19 led to the seizure of a portable wireless access device, a laptop, and a mobile phone. He was arrested on May 8 after a search warrant was executed at his home. The individual is said to have staged what's called an evil twin Wi-Fi attack across various locations, including domestic flig...
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