@interjc: 这事百度都干不出来吧
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Anthropic mistakenly charged a Korean user on the free plan $16.6 million, with the invoice increasing 10x overnight; the user initially suspected phishing.
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这事百度都干不出来吧
International Cyber Digest (@IntCyberDigest): ❗️ Anthropic tried to charge a Korean user who was on the free plan with zero API usage $16.6 million. A day earlier, the same invoice was $1.67 million, so it grew roughly 10x overnight.
The user says he suspected phishing at first, then found the sender and payment link were
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