CHINA-LINKED ACTORS USED AI TO BUILD DOSSIERS ON CATHOLIC CARDINALS AND TAIWANESE CHRISTIAN LEADERS

Editorial illustration of an analyst monitoring dossiers on Catholic and Taiwanese Christian leaders alongside church plans, maps and surveillance screens.

Anthropic says a China-based, PRC-aligned intelligence operation used Claude to investigate senior Catholic cardinals and Presbyterian Church leaders in Taiwan, gathering personal information, mapping religious venues and searching for exploitable leverage.