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Alibaba is moving to block its workers from accessing Claude Code within company work environments, effective July 10, due to concerns that the tool may contain hidden security vulnerabilities known as backdoors, according to a source familiar with the decision.<\/p>

The Chinese technology company had not responded to requests for comment as of the time of this report.<\/p>

The planned restriction was first reported by Yicai, a Chinese financial news publication.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese tech giant Alibaba is preparing to prohibit its employees from using Claude Code in workplace settings, citing concerns about potential embedded backdoors. The ban is set to take effect on July 10, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Alibaba has not yet issued a public statement on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":90463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783063045950.jpg?fit=450%2C326&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-nx6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100053,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/alibaba-backed-agtech-to-build-gold-trading-platform-for-hong-kong-exchange\/","url_meta":{"origin":90464,"position":0},"title":"Alibaba-Backed AGTech to Build Gold Trading Platform for Hong Kong Exchange","author":"Admin","date":"July 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"AGTech Holdings, a fintech company supported by Chinese tech giant Alibaba, has signed an agreement to build an electronic trading platform for the Hong Kong Gold Exchange. 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