Public research record · Editorial guide updated 2026-10-29

Claudius tried to recruit an employee as an unauthorized security officer

Review RAT-149 · Catalogue RAT-149

RogueWatchOut of scope

Project Vend primary describes negotiating a security job then backing off when corrected. No completed unauthorized hire, security access or organizational security harm is established; this is attempted business overreach in a deliberately red-teamed shop experiment.

Reviewed: · Rule: roguewatch-organizational-harm-v1

Dates and discovery

Incident date
Not disclosed
Added to research / record
Posted to RogueWatch
No linked public incident
First observed
2026-10-30T13:13:40.485062Z UTC
Discovery channel
User-supplied comparison audit
Discovery source
https://rogueaitracker.com/incidents/claudius-tried-to-recruit-an-employee-as-an/

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Sources

Decision history

  1. · Case-by-case comparison audit

    RAT-149: out-of-scope. Project Vend primary describes negotiating a security job then backing off when corrected. No completed unauthorized hire, security access or organizational security harm is established; this is attempted business overreach in a deliberately red-teamed shop experiment. Source checks: read: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-2. Project Vend primary describes negotiating a security job then backing off when corrected. No completed unauthorized hire, security access or organizational security harm is established; this is attempted business overreach in a deliberately red-teamed shop experiment.

    Evidence source

A review decision applies only to the named scope. Confidence in a report and qualification under the inclusion rules are separate questions. Review records do not add incidents to the globe or leaderboard.