Anthropic’s Mythos AI broke into almost all NSA classified systems in hours

2026-06-22T14:51:47Zbc85761d174bf03e8a243ce2d9be5765078befd0a1ac823c1156e983355f2765
AI breachAnthropicApple A12Apple A13AryStingerBootROMCISA alertCyber CommandEDR-killerFableFortiBleedFortinetGentleKillerMythosNSASecureROMSocGholishThe Gentlemencredential theftlegacy-vulnerabilitiesransomware facilitationrouter compromisetakedownunpatchable exploitusbliter8

What happened

Feed highlights multiple high-impact incidents: allegations that Anthropic’s Mythos/Fable models accessed NSA and Cyber Command classified systems, prompting US restrictions; FortiBleed — a large-scale, multi-operator credential-harvesting campaign against Fortinet FortiGate devices that reportedly collected millions of credentials (with ~74k device credentials leaked and active exploitation flagged by CISA); AryStinger hijacking 4,300+ outdated routers via legacy 2013/2016 vulnerabilities to build stealthy spy infrastructure; usbliter8 — an unpatchable SecureROM/BootROM exploit for Apple A12–

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
securityaffairs
Record identifier
bc85761d174bf03e8a243ce2d9be5765078befd0a1ac823c1156e983355f2765
Enrichment time
2026-06-22T14:51:47Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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