Claude is requiring some of its users to verify their identity. Here's Anthropic's explanation.

Anthropic says ID verification for Claude users will trigger when it sees "potentially fraudulent or abusive behavior." ...
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Hackers used Claude and ChatGPT to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government records

A group of hackers used both Claude Code and ChatGPT in a cybersecurity hack that lasted two and a half months.