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Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly used a persistent Windows device ID to track an individual suspected of involvement with the Scattered Spider hacking group. This digital fingerprint is said to have been instrumental in connecting the suspect to a security breach at a high-end jewelry retailer.
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Claude Code’s hidden tracker was an “experiment,” says Anthropic
An independent developer discovered a hidden tracking mechanism within Anthropic's Claude Code client, which the company has since removed, stating it was an experimental feature. The developer, known online as "Thereallo," found the code while reverse-engineering the local installation of Claude Code version 2.1.196. This feature, buried within the minified JavaScript, appeared to encode the…