China-Backed Hackers Use Anthropic AI to Automate Cyberattacks

中国支持的黑客利用Anthropic人工智能自动化网络攻击

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2025-11-14

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P.M. Edition for Nov. 13. AI startup Anthropic said China’s state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate cyberattacks against corporations and governments. WSJ’s Sam Schechner reports on the inflection point for hackers’ use of AI. Disney’s shares fell after a quarterly earnings report that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. And California is eyeing a first-of-its-kind tax on billionaires. WSJ’s Paul Kiernan unpacks the ballot initiative for a wealth tax that’s already run into steep opposition. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • In California, there's a push for an unprecedented wealth tax on billionaires.

  • Plus,

  • an inflection point in hackers using AI to automate dozens of attacks on governments and corporations.

  • It's an arms race really between AI companies and people who would misuse them.

  • And Verizon plans to cut roughly 15,000 jobs in its largest reduction ever.

  • It's Thursday, November 13th.

  • I'm Sabrina Sidiki for The Wall Street Journal, sitting in for Alex Osala.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • We exclusively report that Verizon is planning to cut roughly 15,000 jobs in its largest reduction ever.

  • That's according to people familiar with the matter.

  • The cuts are likely going to happen next week and most of them will be layoffs.

  • The company also plans to turn about 200 stores into franchises, moving employees off its payroll.

  • Verizon is the largest U.S.

  • telecom company when you're going by subscribers,

  • but it's struggling to hold on to customers in both the wireless and home internet markets.

  • Last month, the company named a new CEO, Dan Shulman,

  • who is the former chief executive of PayPal and Virgin Mobile USA.

  • He has said he would aggressively reduce the company's cost base and take steps to reverse the customer losses.

  • In other tech and media news,