# Anthropic Mythos, an autonomous AI cyberattack model, alarms experts and Indian banks.

*genai · news · 2026-05-03 · News18*

## Key points

- Anthropic Mythos demonstrates that fully autonomous AI cyberattacks are now technologically feasible at scale.
- Initial unauthorized access to Mythos reportedly occurred via a compromised third-party environment, exposing supply chain vulnerabilities.
- India’s RBI, MeitY, and CERT-In are developing systemic real-time cybersecurity upgrades in response to Mythos.
- Traditional banking security models fail when the window from vulnerability discovery to exploitation shrinks to hours.
- Similar or more advanced autonomous cyberattack AI models are expected, making threat containment via model restriction unfeasible.

**Companies:** Anthropic, Barracuda Networks, Quick Heal, AIONOS
**Countries:** India, United States

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