The Claude Code Leak: What They Didn’t Want You to See!
Source: YouTube · STARTUP HAKK · published Apr 4, 2026 · 24:47
Anthropic's Claude Code is a massively successful product that recently faced a significant security incident when its full source code was inadvertently exposed in an npm package update 0:28.
Key Takeaways:
• Claude Code reached $2.5 billion in annualized revenue as of February 2026, more than doubling since January 0:08
• It scaled from zero to $1 billion faster than ChatGPT, with 75% of startups using it and 4% of public GitHub commits authored by it 0:16
• GitHub commit projections suggest Claude Code could author 20% of all public commits by year-end 0:23
• On March 31, 2026, a security researcher discovered version 2.1.88 of the Claude Code npm package contained the full, readable TypeScript source map rather than minified code 0:31
This incident raises serious questions about supply chain security for one of the most widely-used AI coding tools in the industry.
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All right, so let's set the stage here because this story is getting better by the minute and this has been going for a day or two now. So Claude code is not just some side project at Anthropic. This is their crown jewel product. It hit 2.5 billion dollars in annualized revenue as of February and that number has more than doubled since January. It went from zero to a billion dollars faster than chat GPT did. 75% of all startups use it. 4% of all public GitHub commits are now authored by Claude code with projections hitting 20% by the year end. This tool is printing money. However, yesterday on March 31st, 2026, a security researcher noticed a version 2.1.88 of Claude code npm package included the full readable source map. Not minified, not obfuscated, the raw original typescript. He posted…