China-Backed Hackers Use Anthropic AI to Automate Cyberattacks

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Nov. 13. AI startup Anthropic said China’s state-sponsored hackers used its tools to automate cyberattacks against corporations and governments. WSJ’s Sam Schechner reports on the inflection point for hackers’ use of AI. Disney’s shares fell after a quarterly earnings report that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. And California is eyeing a first-of-its-kind tax on billionaires. WSJ’s Paul Kiernan unpacks the ballot initiative for a wealth tax that’s already run into steep opposition. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.3	In California, there's a push for an unprecedented wealth tax on billionaires.
0:38.8	Plus, an inflection point in hackers using AI to automate dozens of attacks on governments and corporations.
0:45.8	It's an arms race, really, between AI companies and people who would misuse them.
0:51.3	And, Verizon plans to cut roughly 15,000 jobs in its largest reduction ever.
0:57.9	It's Thursday, November 13th.
0:59.9	I'm Sabrina Siddiqui for the Wall Street Journal, sitting in for Alex Oslo.
1:03.6	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:16.4	Thank you. headlines and business stories that move the world today. We exclusively report that Verizon is planning to cut roughly 15,000 jobs in its largest
1:22.1	reduction ever. That's according to people familiar with the matter. The cuts are likely
1:27.0	going to happen next week, and most of them will be layoffs.
1:30.3	The company also plans to turn about 200 stores into franchises, moving employees off its payroll.
1:36.7	Verizon is the largest U.S. telecom company when you're going by subscribers, but it's struggling
1:41.3	to hold on to customers in both the wireless and home internet
1:44.5	markets. Last month, the company named a new CEO, Dan Shulman, who is the former chief
1:50.0	executive of PayPal and Virgin Mobile USA. He has said he would aggressively reduce the company's cost
1:55.8	base and take steps to reverse the customer losses. In other tech and media news, Disney's stock fell more
2:02.8	than 7% today after lackluster quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street expectations.
2:08.8	Revenue was basically flat and a key operating profit measure dropped 5%. The company's parks and
2:15.1	streaming businesses posted profit gains, but investors remain worried
2:18.8	about Disney's ability to manage the transition from traditional TV to streaming and to execute
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