We identified a security incident affecting a modified Claude Code VS Code extension accessed through our Cursor IDE extension marketplace, impacting at most 5,000 users. This malicious version of the extension was not developed by Anthropic. It does not impact other extensions downloaded from the Grok Bot, Grok or our other SpaceXSI products. In response, we took down our extension marketplace this afternoon, worked with relevant providers to neutralize the malware, and have reinstated the marketplace after confirming there is no further risk. If affected, please review instructions in this blog post to understand how to find the malicious package and establish a path to mitigate any potential impact. We are asking all customers update to Claude Code for VS Code version 2.1.314:Read original on X
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Tampered Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Cursor says Anthropic did not write the malicious version, and other extensions in its marketplace are unaffected.
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Massively underreported: an official Claude Code extension was compromised and installed backdoors on developer machines. Could it be behind the Binance hack?Read original on X
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Tampered Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Tampered Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 Cursor users
Cursor says a tampered Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 users
Cursor says malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 users
Cursor says a malicious Claude Code extension reached up to 5,000 users
Cursor reports malicious Claude Code extension in its marketplace, up to 5,000 users
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