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Cursor confirms two versions of Anthropic's Claude Code extension hit by SSH backdoor attack
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A post relayed by The Hacker News reports that Cursor has confirmed two versions of Anthropic's Claude Code extension were affected by an SSH backdoor attack. The update identifies the affected software as Anthropic's Claude Code extension and attributes the confirmation to Cursor, but the specific version numbers are truncated in the available text. No further details on the attack mechanism, scope of impact, or remediation were included in the source item.
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Update: Cursor has confirmed that two versions of Anthropic's Claude Code extension were affected by the SSH backdoor attack.
Source: @TheHackersNews
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