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title: "A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System"
date: 2026-10-29
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6ae395d7345a4f048db7f1d8450439f4&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2fstory%2fa-defense-contractor-gave-their-personal-ai-agent-access-to-a-secure-pentagon-system%2f&c=8464215067216186896&mkt=en-us
description: "Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched."
---

# A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.

*Published: 2026-10-29*