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The House Homeland Security Committee asked Dario Amodei to answer questions about the implications of the attack and how policymakers and AI companies can respond.(Photo by Chance Yeh\/Getty Images for HubSpot) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"26.809090909091\"><body readability=\"55.257533145842\"><\/p>\n<p>The House Homeland Security Committee is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to provide testimony on a likely-Chinese espionage campaign that used Claude, the company\u2019s AI tool, to automate portions of a wide-ranging cyber campaign targeting at least 30 organizations around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The committee sent Amodei a letter Wednesday commending Anthropic for disclosing the campaign. But members also called the incident \u201ca significant inflection point\u201d and requested Amodei speak to the committee on Dec. 17 to answer questions about the attack\u2019s implications and how policymakers and AI companies can respond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident is consequential for U.S. homeland security because it demonstrates what a capable and well-resourced state-sponsored cyber actor, such as those linked to the PRC, can now accomplish using commercially available U.S. AI systems, even when providers maintain strong safeguards and respond rapidly to signs of misuse.\u201d wrote House Homeland Chair Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y. and subcommittee leaders Reps. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., and Andy Ogles, R-Tenn.<\/p>\n<p>The committee has also invited Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, and Eddie Zervigon, CEO of Quantum Xchange, to testify at the same hearing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Committee leaders cited a need to closely examine \u201chow advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and related technologies, and hyperscale cloud infrastructure are reshaping both defensive capabilities and the operational tradecraft available to state-sponsored cyber actors,\u201d according to a copy of the letter sent to Zervigon.<\/p>\n<p>As \u201cadversaries may seek to pair AI-enabled tradecraft with emerging quantum capabilities to undermine today\u2019s cryptographic protections, your insight into integrating quantum-resilient technologies into existing cybersecurity systems, managing cryptographic agility at scale, and preparing federal and commercial networks for post-quantum threats will be critical,\u201d the members wrote.<\/p>\n<p> News of the upcoming hearing was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/11\/26\/anthropic-google-cloud-quantum-xchange-house-homeland-hearing\">first reported<\/a> by Axios.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing comes as policymakers and cybersecurity defenders <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/anthropic-ai-orchestrated-attack-required-many-human-hands\/\">continue to grapple<\/a> with the fallout from Anthropic\u2019s disclosure, with some cybersecurity experts asking for more technical details that would allow organizations to prepare for any heightened threats from AI hacking campaigns. Others have questioned the extent to which human expertise was relied upon to orchestrate, validate and guide Anthropic\u2019s AI model during the attack.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.335593220339\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/congress-calls-on-anthropic-ceo-to-testify-on-chinese-claude-espionage-campaign-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. Johnson\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Derek B. Johnson<\/h4>\n<p> Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. 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