Anthropic’s new AI tool Claude Code Security Impact: Cybersecurity Stocks Crash by 14%
The truth is, the global market is currently navigating a severe mini-flash-crash, and a single artificial intelligence breakthrough is at the center of it. The rollout of Anthropic’s new AI tool Claude Code Security has triggered a massive sell-off, with over $52.6 billion wiped out in market value in just two days.
Claude Code Security is an advanced, automated artificial intelligence tool specifically designed that scans codebases for vulnerabilities. However, its high efficiency has suddenly become a major cyber threat to the business models of traditional security firms.
Here is where people make a mistake: assuming this automated code scanning disruption is only a US market problem. Indian cybersecurity stocks faced a severe rub-off effect from the “mini-flash-crash” recently seen in the sector in the US due to this rollout.
The impact on the Indian market has been immediate. Stocks like TAC Infosec Ltd heavily declined by 14.67%, while TechD Cybersecurity dropped 13.34%. Even established names felt the heat, with Quick Heal Technologies falling by 5%. Keep in mind, smaller firms weren’t spared either; shares of Sattrix Information Security and Sasken Technologies fell 5% and 2%, respectively.
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Meanwhile, the situation for US tech giants is even worse. Shares of Palo Alto Networks, currently the largest cybersecurity firm in the US with a massive market capitalisation of $116 billion, have declined nearly 9% since the launch.
CrowdStrike, a dominant player that offers endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and cyber incident response services, has been hit much harder. Its stock has tumbled an alarming 18% since February 20, wiping out about $20 billion in total market value.
Other major cybersecurity stocks have also seen sharp declines in this ongoing stock market crash. Cloudflare has dropped 18.5%, erasing $11.2 billion in market capitalisation. Zscaler is down 17.3%, losing $4.6 billion in value, while Okta has fallen 16.7%, shedding $2.6 billion.
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So, what exactly makes this AI so disruptive? According to its official website, Anthropic says its chatbot Claude can scan entire codebases for vulnerabilities. It doesn’t just find errors; it validates its findings to heavily reduce false positives, and then recommends precise patches for review and approval.
The company claims Claude is capable of reasoning through complex code exactly like an experienced security researcher. It excels at understanding context, tracing intricate data flows, and identifying critical flaws that traditional pattern-matching tools may completely overlook before suggesting fixes.
VentureBeat reported on Monday that Anthropic’s most advanced model, Claude Opus 4.6, has already identified more than 500 high-severity vulnerabilities. Strikingly, these bugs had remained completely undetected despite decades of expert human scrutiny.
Adding to the rapidly shifting landscape, OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, introduced a new benchmark on February 19. This benchmark is designed to accurately assess how effectively AI models can detect, patch, and exploit vulnerabilities within smart contracts. Proving its dominance, Claude Opus 4.6 officially topped the rankings in this rigorous evaluation.
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