N-gated Hacker NewsJul 17, 2025
🚨 #OMG, someone's discovered email's secret superpower: self-hacking! Who knew Claude could be duped into a DIY cybercrime spree—it's like convincing a toaster to rob a bank. 🍞🔫 #EpicFail
https://www.pynt.io/blog/llm-security-blogs/code-execution-through-email-how-i-used-claude-mcp-to-hack-itself #selfhacking #DIYcybercrime #EpicFail #emailsecrets #toasterrobbery #HackerNews #ngated
Code Execution Through Email: How I Used Claude to Hack

This is the story of how I used a Gmail message to trigger code execution through Claude Desktop, and how Claude itself (!) helped me plan the attack.