Incident2026-10-19

A developer used Claude Code to build a temperature monitor app. Claude Code warned the developer about a hidden crypto miner. The miner was running on the developer’s overheating Mac. The figures come from a Yahoo Tech report.

What it unlocks

Detecting unauthorized software running on a developer's machine.

What you need to act on it

  • Claude Code running on the machine

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