Tech: Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos (2026)

Tech: Discord Sleuths Gained Unauthorized Access to Anthropic’s Mythos (2026)

As researchers and practitioners debate the impact that new AI models will have on cybersecurity, Mozilla said on Tuesday it used early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview to find and fix 271 vulnerabilities in its new Firefox 150 browser release. Meanwhile, researchers identified a group of moderately successful North Korean hackers using AI for everything from vibe coding malware to creating fake company websites—stealing up to $12 million in three months. Researchers have finally cracked disruptive malware known as Fast16 that predates Stuxnet and may have been used to target Iran’s nuclear program. It was created in 2005 and was likely deployed by the US or an ally. Meta is being sued by the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit, over scam ads on Facebook and Instagram and allegedly misleading consumers about the company’s efforts to combat them. A United States surveillance program that lets the FBI view Americans’ communications without a warrant is up for renewal, but lawmakers are deadlocked on next steps. A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns, but lacks substance. Anthropic’s Mythos Preview AI model has been touted as a dangerously capable tool for finding security vulnerabilities in software and networks, so powerful that its creator has carefully restricted its release. But one group of amateur sleuths on Discord found their own, relatively simple ways—no AI hacking required—to gain unauthorized access to a coveted digital prize: Mythos itself. Despite Anthropic’s efforts to control who can use Mythos Preview, a group of Discord users gained access to the tool through some straightforward relatively detective work: They examined data from a recent breach of Mercor, an AI training startup that works with developers, and “made an educated guess about the model’s online location based on knowledge about the format Anthropic has used for other models”—a phrase that many observers have speculated refers to a web URL—according to Bloo

Source: Wired