An Accenture contractor connected a sensitive Pentagon system to their personal Claude Code account. The AI agent then ran on a Defense Department network for two months, Vittoria Elliott reported for WIRED on Thursday 29 October, citing sources. The agent appears to have sent login credentials and a network map to a high-risk website, the report says.

Accenture denied wrongdoing. TNW has not independently verified the report.

“These allegations were thoroughly and independently investigated and found to be without merit. We fully complied with our legal and contractual obligations,” an Accenture spokesperson told WIRED.

Accenture did not say who carried out the investigation, WIRED reported. The Defense Department told WIRED that it does not comment on the status of its networks or systems.

What the agent did

The system holds controlled unclassified information (CUI), which is sensitive data that needs review before any release. Several intelligence agencies use it.…