# Cisco

Type: Company (CSCO)

Source: Space & Defense Intelligence Brief — https://getspacebrief.com/entity/cisco
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## Timeline

- **2026-09-10**: Anthropic publishes threat intelligence report — The company releases its 154-page report detailing Iran-linked misuse of Claude against U.S. Navy targets and other threat actor activity, including Yemeni guided-missile targeting development.
- **2026-09-08**: Anthropic and OpenAI researcher resigns — Jacob Coxon resigns and posts a critical message on X, saying neither AI company is acting responsibly and accusing them of gambling with our lives.
- **2026-08**: Threat-report window ends — The observed Iran-linked Claude activity concludes within the December 2025 to August 2026 reporting window after the actor compiled targeting handbooks and vulnerability research.
- **2025-12**: Anthropic threat-report window begins — The reporting period opens, covering Claude misuse activity that Anthropic later attributes to an Iran-linked actor targeting U.S. Navy forces.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### 154-Page Report: Iran Used Claude to Target U.S. Navy Ships
2026-09-12 09:40:06 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Anthropic's 154-page threat report says an Iran-linked actor used Claude to fuse transponder data, military photo captions, and commercial satellite imagery scripts into targeting handbooks for U.S. Navy vessels in the Middle East — a force-protection warning for space and defense planners.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/iran-claude-us-navy-space-defense

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