# Claude Code AI finds a cryptominer on a Mac; says it didn’t put it there

- Source: 9to5Mac
- Published: 2026-10-26T11:34:41+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/26/claude-code-ai-finds-a-cryptominer-on-a-mac-says-it-didnt-put-it-there/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/claude-code-ai-finds-a-cryptominer-on-a-mac-says-it-didn-t-put-it-ther-329f06/

A Redditor used Claude Code AI to build a M a c temperature monitor app and found that the machine was running much hotter than expected. Claude reported that it found a crypto miner using more than 1,000% of the CPU cycles – then added an unprompted comment denying having installed it. Some Redditors were understandably suspicious of Claude’s spontaneous comment that it wasn’t responsible for ins

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