Alibaba bans Anthropic's Claude Code after an alleged hidden China-detection backdoor is uncovered — employees told to switch to Qoder as the rift between the firms widens

Tom's Hardware
Jul 5, 2026, 8:20 am202 ptsTrendingTop
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code for all work purposes, effective July 10, after security researchers alleged the AI coding agent contained hidden code designed to detect whether users were based in China or affiliated with Chinese AI labs. According to a…

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