
A court filing revealed that a persistent Windows device ID helped the FBI trace an alleged Scattered Spider hacker. The identifier linked the suspect to a break-in at a luxury jewelry retailer.

A researcher discovered a hidden tracking mechanism within Anthropic's Claude Code client that encoded user traffic data based on system time zones. Anthropic has since removed the feature, stating it was an experimental measure to prevent account abuse and protect against model distillation, potentially linked to recent US government export controls.