Anthropic has banned an Iran linked account that was using its Claude models to compile intelligence and targeting material aimed at U.S. naval ships in the Middle East.
In a 154 page intelligence report published in September 2026, titled “Detecting and Countering Misuse of AI,” Anthropic describes an Iranian group that used Claude to identify and track positions of American naval ships across the region.
According to Anthropic, the Iranian group used its Claude models to build an automated system to collect public military photographs, commercial satellite images, and data from public websites that track naval movements. The system also collected details of U.S. personnel from public military photographs, including ship and aircraft particulars. The same account has also been used to find vulnerabilities in shipboard systems and maritime communication equipment.
Anthropic added that the account was linked to an Iranian domestic surveillance project that dealt with automatic license plate recognition. AI models also analysed data from a leaked Telegram group of 244 members and mapped their social connections.
The intelligence report,
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