A cybersecurity firm run by former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has broken into internal data and messaging systems at Anthropic. Perhaps even more surprising, though, is its claim that it did so in less than 12 hours.

The startup is called Cathedral, and it classifies itself as an AI-driven cybersecurity firm with a focus on military applications. In July, Cathedral closed a $160 million funding round that valued the company at $1.4 billion, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.

Cathedral says it was able to penetrate Anthropic by taking advantage of vulnerabilities in business software the company uses—the same software used by many other businesses. Among the data it claims to have accessed were meeting transcripts, salary information, job offers, and Slack messages discussing its AI models.

“The fact that weaknesses in ordinary enterprise software can compromise the infrastructure of even the most advanced organizations should be a wake-up call for every company in America,” a report from Cathedral read, according to the Washington Post.

Anthropic has a program inviting outside cybersecurity companies to test its systems, so this would qualify as a white-hat hacking incident. The AI giant confirmed Cathedral had accessed “a limited set” of its systems and said it has since shut down those access points. The company also said that Cathedral spent multiple days unsuccessfully trying to break into its software directly before turning its attention to third-party business tools.

Despite that, Cathedral’s apparent success in breaching Anthropic has raised eyebrows in Washington.

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