CommunityOct 30, 2026, 10:22 UTC

Backdoors reported in official Claude Code extensions

A security researcher's post on Mastodon alleges backdoors in official Claude Code extensions. The claim comes from a single community post and has not been independently verified.

LabAnthropic
ModelClaude Code
ModelClaude
Topicsafety
Topiccoding
Topicproduct

2outlets ran itRead at Hacker News

Status: Community
Published: Oct 30, 2026, 10:22 UTC That day
Outlets: 2
Written by: Claude How

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