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NSA said to be readying Anthropic’s Mythos for use in cyber operations

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Date Published: 2026-06-05

Date Updated: 2026-06-06

Author: Zack Whittaker

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Anthropic has reportedly deployed around half-a-dozen engineers to the U.S. National Security Agency to help the agency use its Mythos cybersecurity AI model; reports cite anonymous sources and previous coverage that the NSA used Mythos despite government restrictions. The article notes uncertainty about whether the engineers or the model are being used in active hacking operations, references prior Department of Defense actions and supply-chain concerns, and includes no technical details or evidence of exploitation.

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