Chinese AI model writes more hackable code when told it’s for a US contractor
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A Hirundo study found Alibaba's Qwen3-Coder produced more exploitable apps for US defense contractor prompts than for Chinese ones Ask Alibaba’s Qwen3-Coder to build a login system and you’ll get working code. Tell it the code is for a US defense contractor, and you are more likely to get a login system with a back door left open. That is the central finding of a report released on October 21, 2026, by cybersecurity firm Hirundo. It found the same model produces measurably weaker security depending on who it thinks the customer is.
Source: Crypto Briefing
