Pentagon contractor linked personal Claude Code agent to secure DOD network

An Accenture employee connected a personal Claude Code account to the DOD's secure NIPRNet so the AI agent could write and deploy code, WIRED reports. The agent ran on the network for two months and apparently sent login credentials and a network map to a high-risk third-party site.

• The AI agent ran on NIPRNet for two months before being found and patched
• Leaked data included credentials and a network map with CUI
• Accenture did not initially report the incident despite the 72-hour rule
• Accenture holds $3.5B in federal contracts, $605M of them with the DOD