Accenture Contractor Linked Personal Claude AI Agent to Pentagon System

A WIRED investigation published 29 October 2026 alleges an Accenture contractor connected a personal Claude Code agent to a DoD production environment on NIPRNet used by multiple intelligence agencies, where it operated for about two months and appears to have sent login credentials and network information to an external website. Accenture said the allegations were thoroughly and independently investigated and found to be without merit, while the Pentagon declined to comment. The reporting has not established that classified information was stolen or that SIPRNet or JWICS was accessed.