China issues 'backdoor' security alert over Anthropic's Claude Code

China's industry ministry identified a serious security backdoor risk in Anthropic's Claude Code. The National Vulnerability Database warned of unauthorised data transmission from affected versions. NVDB advised ​that ​organisations and users should immediately review ⁠affected systems and either uninstall the ​impacted versions or upgrade to the ​latest secure release in which the alleged backdoor code has been removed.