China flags back-door risk in Claude Code, urges upgrade

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China’s MIIT warns Claude Code has a back-door vulnerability that could send user data to a remote server, urging users to uninstall or upgrade from affected versions 2.1.91–2.1.196; the latest version is 2.1.204. The advisory comes amid U.S.–China tech tensions, with Alibaba previously accused of trying to access Claude Code and employees told to stop using it; Anthropic has not immediately commented.
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