# Government asks banks to strengthen cybersecurity amid concerns over Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI and its potential to accelerate cyber threats at scale.

*genai · news · 2026-04-27 · Business Standard*

## Key points

- The government warned banks due to Anthropic's Mythos AI being accessed without authorisation during testing.
- Claude Mythos can identify and exploit thousands of vulnerabilities, outperforming humans in cybersecurity tasks.
- Anthropic is restricting Claude Mythos access after concluding its public release poses serious national security risks.
- The gap between cyber vulnerability discovery and exploitation has collapsed to hours because of AI like Mythos.
- Regulators in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK are actively assessing Mythos' threat to banking infrastructure.

**Companies:** Anthropic, Fortinet, SenseAI
**Countries:** India, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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