A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
2026-10-29 · WIRED
An Accenture employee's personal Claude AI agent was running on a secure Pentagon network for two whole months before anyone noticed. Nothing says 'military-grade security' like an unauthorized AI chatbot having a nice long vacation inside DOD systems. Apparently the defense contractor's vetting process is about as thorough as asking 'are you a threat?' and taking the AI's word for it.