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Claude Code AI finds a cryptominer on a Mac; says it didn’t put it there

9to5mac.comClaude Code AI finds a cryptominer on a Mac; says it didn’t put it thereA Redditor used Claude Code AI to build a Mac temperature monitor app and found that the machine was running much hotter than expected. Claude reported that it found a crypto miner using more than 1,000% of the CPU cycles – then added an unprompted comment denying having installed it. Some Redditors were understandably suspicious of Claude’s spontaneous comment that it wasn’t responsible for installing the rogue app … more…

26/10/26, 12:02 pm0 reposts8 likes

AyCode

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Useful catch either way. When an agent flags something like this, have it list the exact paths, launch agents and process info, then verify yourself before anything gets deleted. Spotting is easy, forensics isn't.