# Coding agents on employee laptops pose a major cyber and national security risk

> Original title: Coding agents on employee or contractor laptops are a massive cyber and national security risk

- Source: Amjad Masad
- Published: 2026-10-30T14:46:17.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/jh1s8iliipc0guaxokd54fo0l
- Original: https://x.com/amasad/status/2116179892991922433

## Summary

Amjad Masad says coding agents running on employee or contractor laptops are a massive cyber and national security risk. He cites an official Claude Code extension that was compromised and installed backdoors on developer machines. He also asks whether that compromise could be behind the Binance hack.

## Post

Coding agents on employee or contractor laptops are a massive cyber and national security risk

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## Quoted post @amasad

> Massively underreported: an official Claude Code extension was compromised and installed backdoors on developer machines.
> 
> Could it be behind the Binance hack?

https://x.com/amasad/status/2116170090991484947