Brief: Cursor AI Says Co Identified Security Incident Affecting A Modified Claude Code Versus Code Extension Impacting At Most 5,000 Users

Space Exploration Technologies

30/10/2026 07:49

Oct 30 (Reuters) - 
CURSOR AI: IDENTIFIED SECURITY INCIDENT AFFECTING A MODIFIED CLAUDE CODE VERSUS CODE EXTENSION IMPACTING AT MOST 5,000 USERS
CURSOR AI: MALICIOUS VERSION OF THE EXTENSION WAS NOT DEVELOPED BY ANTHROPIC
CURSOR AI: SECURITY INCIDENT AFFECTING A MODIFIED CLAUDE CODE VERSUS CODE EXTENSION ACCESSED THROUGH CURSOR IDE EXTENSION MARKETPLACE
CURSOR AI: TOOK DOWN EXTENSION MARKETPLACE, WORKED WITH RELEVANT PROVIDERS TO NEUTRALIZE MALWARE, AND HAVE REINSTATED THE MARKETPLACE
CURSOR AI: DOES NOT IMPACT OTHER EXTENSIONS DOWNLOADED FROM MARKETPLACE, GROK BOT, GROK OR OUR OTHER SPACEXSI PRODUCTS
Source https://tinyurl.com/msatt9ze

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