Alibaba bans Anthropic's Claude Code after an alleged hidden China-detection backdoor is uncovered — employees told to switch to Qoder as the rift between the firms widens

Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code starting July 10, citing security vulnerabilities and concerns over alleged hidden code that could track Chinese users. The company classified Claude Code as high-risk software and directed staff to switch to Qoder, Alibaba's own coding platform. The ban escalates tensions between the two firms over allegations that Claude features inspect user environments and may identify people connected to China.