AI Firm's Source Code Leak Raises Concerns Over Handling of Sensitive Info

Anthropic's accidental leak of its source code has caused a stir in the tech community, highlighting the importance of careful handling of sensitive information.

Anthropic's head of Claude Code, Boris Cherny, explained that the move was accidental and retracted the bulk of the takedown notices, limiting it to one repository and 96 forks with the accidentally released source code.

The repo named in the notice was part of a fork network connected to our own public Claude Code repo, so the takedown reached more repositories than intended,

said an Anthropic spokesperson.

The company's botched clean-up has added to the growing concerns about the company's readiness for an IPO, with some predicting a shareholder lawsuit.

• In a statement to TechCrunch, an Anthropic spokesperson said that the company had retracted the notice for everything except the one repo they named, and GitHub has restored access to the affected forks.
• According to GitHub's records, the notice was executed against some 8,100 repositories — including legitimate forks of Anthropic's own publicly released Claude Code repository.
• The leak has raised questions about the company's handling of sensitive information, and its ability to execute on its plans for an IPO.