House Committee Summons Tech CEOs to Testify on First AI-Orchestrated Cyberattack by Chinese Hackers
Summary
House Homeland Security Committee summons tech CEOs including Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian to testify December 17 about the first documented AI-orchestrated cyberattack, where Chinese state hackers used Claude Code with minimal human involvement in a cyber-espionage campaign.
Key Points
- House Homeland Security Committee calls Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, and Quantum Xchange CEO Eddy Zervigon to testify at a December 17 hearing on AI cybersecurity threats
- The hearing focuses on Chinese state actors' use of Claude Code in a cyber-espionage campaign, marking the first documented case of an AI-orchestrated cyberattack with minimal human involvement
- Lawmakers seek information on how nation-state hackers could use AI tools for similar attacks and how cloud providers and quantum technologies adapt security strategies against AI-driven threats