Anthropic’s Mythos rollout missed the US Cybersecurity Agency

Several US federal agencies are adopting Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model to find vulnerabilities, but one of them is said not to be involved in the action: the country’s central cybersecurity coordinator.

Tuesday, Axios I mentioned The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was unable to access Mythos Preview, which Anthropic described as a powerful tool for finding and patching vulnerabilities. Meanwhile, other agencies like Department of Commerce and National Security Agency (NSA) They are reportedly using this model, and President Donald Trump’s administration is negotiating broader access, Axios books Last week. In a Blog postAnthropic said it “has been in ongoing discussions with US government officials about the Claude Mythos Preview and its offensive and defensive cyber capabilities,” an unnamed Anthropic official told Axios CISA was among the agencies briefed. Anthropic declined to comment and CISA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Combined with other measures to reduce CISA’s workforce and funding, the report notes that CISA’s operations are still not prioritized by the administration, potentially putting digital security at risk. The agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, aims to serve as a central coordinating body for cybersecurity information, helping state and local officials who manage elections and public facilities stay on top of vulnerabilities and respond to attacks when they occur. But the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress launched political attacks on it, especially after it Announce The 2020 elections, which President Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden, are “the most secure in American history.” Trump Launched later The official who led that agency in his first administration.

Since returning to power last year, the Trump administration has made a series of decisions Further limit the agency’s jurisdiction. Like other federal agencies, CISA has lost talent during the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost-cutting efforts, and some employees have also been reassigned to work on immigration priorities under DHS. Its acting director told Congress that Resources for detecting intrusions It has been limited amid the current Department of Homeland Security shutdown, and yet so is the Trump administration It seeks to reduce hundreds of millions more From the agency’s budget.

CISA’s inability to access Anthropic’s Mythos Preview raises more questions about why the agency charged with protecting critical infrastructure from cyberattacks was unable to test a tool that found security issues “in every major operating system and web browser.” According to Anthropic. Newton Cheng, leader of Anthropic’s cyber red team, said Anthropic provides restricted access to the tool to give key organizations a “head start” on cyber defenses. Edge. But it seems that, at least for now, CISA will not get that opportunity.