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Cursor confirms security breach led to malicious Claude Code extension

Cursor confirmed it suffered a security breach that let hackers distribute a malicious Claude Code extension through its marketplace after stealing credentials from AI infrastructure provider Fireworks AI.

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Cursor confirmed it suffered a security breach that let hackers distribute a malicious Claude Code extension through its marketplace after stealing credentials from AI infrastructure provider Fireworks AI. The breach also let attackers access internal systems and steal customer data, including historical AI coding-agent traces containing unredacted credentials that were later used to compromise additional services.

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