Scoop: CISA doesn't have access to Anthropic's Mythos model, two sources tell me.
Interestingly, Anthropic briefed both CISA and NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation ahead of its public announcement, and NIST is testing Mythos.
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scoop w/ @mccuri.bsky.social: The NSA has been using Anthropic's Mythos despite the Pentagon's instance that Anthropic is a "supply chain risk," according to two people.
The NSA was one of the 40+ orgs that got initial access to the model weeks ago, one source added.
www.axios.com/2026/04/19/n...
Sources say NSA is using Mythos Preview, and a source says it is also being used widely within the DoD, despite Anthropic's designation as a supply chain risk (Axios)
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scoop w/ @mccuri.bsky.social: The NSA has been using Anthropic's Mythos despite the Pentagon's instance that Anthropic is a "supply chain risk," according to two people.
The NSA was one of the 40+ orgs that got initial access to the model weeks ago, one source added.
www.axios.com/2026/04/19/n...
feels quite telling that even World is accepting selfies or government IDs as alternates for scanning your eyeball in some partnerships, too
Slide at a presentation that reads “Humans Only Concert”
World is hosting a free concert tonight in SF with Anderson .Paak and St. Vincent.
Tickets can only be claimed by those who do the iris-scanning verification
Photo of two white spheres with openings where people scan their irises to verify their IDs
I’ve now seen these iris-scanning “orbs” for myself. World is betting adoption will grow as AI agents proliferate
First partnership announcement: Tinder is expanding its partnership with World to the U.S.
Users who go through “human verification” will also get five extra “boost” points.
“World is now on the way to being a real human network for the Internet” - Sam Altman says in his opening speech
& yes, World is the company with the iris-scanning orbs (although you can now verify with typical government-issued IDs for some partnerships)
hello from World’s Lift Off event in SF this morning where Sam Altman’s “proof of human” company is unveiling a new World ID protocol and a slew of new partnerships this AM (tinder, zoom, Docusign, Shopify & more).
my story on the news here: www.axios.com/2026/04/17/w...
exclusive from me: Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) is demanding info from four major AI voice cloning companies about their strategies to stop scammers from abusing their tools.
www.axios.com/2026/04/16/h...
NEW: We documented almost 100 cases of deepfake sexual abuse happening in schools around the world—with more than 600 children being victimized by their peers.
Mostly boys in 25+ countries created explicit imagery of girls they often know from school over the last couple of years
OpenAI rolled out its GPT-5.4-Cyber model on Tuesday and is giving access to anyone approved for the highest tier of its Trusted Access for Cyber program.
more on @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2026/04/14/o...
A comment on Github from Axios maintainer Jason Saayman that, in part, reads: "they tailored this process specifically to me by doing the following: they reached out masquerading as the founder of a company they had cloned the companys founders likeness as well as the company itself. they then invited me to a real slack workspace. this workspace was branded to the companies ci and named in a plausible manner. the slack was thought out very well, they had channels where they were sharing linked-in posts, the linked in posts i presume just went to the real companys account but it was super convincing etc. they even had what i presume were fake profiles of the team of the company but also number of other oss maintainers."
pretty notable post-mortem from the Axios maintainer who says hackers tricked him via a bespoke Slack channel, fake microsoft team calls and initial communications that imitated the founder of a legit company
CNN reported in Dec. 2024 that Iranian hackers targeted Kash Patel's communications in another incident.
One Q I still have: Are these two separate hacks? Or is today's trove of emails something that Iran has been sitting on?
www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/p...
The trove of initial leaked emails are just from Patel's personal Gmail. Everything is pretty dated.
Things I saw: Receipts from flights/trains/hotels, pics of Patel with antique cars and smoking cigars, family photos, apartment leasing info and negotiations about some customer trying to buy sugar.
Kash Patel emails (1.1 GB)
The first tranche of emails from the mailbox of Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, which was hacked by Handala, a hacking group that is believed to have ties to Iranian intelligence.
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A group linked to Iranian intelligence services claims it hacked FBI Director Kash Patel's emails, documents and potentially classified files.
FBI hasn't commented yet, but a DOJ source confirmed to Reuters that Patel's inbox was breached.
more @axios.com: www.axios.com/2026/03/27/f...
FBI says it took down four domains linked to Iranian cyber operations, including two linked to pro-Iranian hacktivist group Handala.
Last week, Handala claimed credit for a cyberattack on U.S. medical tech giant Stryker.
more on @axios.com: www.axios.com/2026/03/20/i...
🚨NEW🚨 Cops used an AI-generated teenager to catch pedophiles on Kik Messenger, an app notorious as a hive of predator activity.
A rare insight into how police can spin up AI teens for sting operations on social media.
But where else are cops using AI personas?
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SCOOP: The iPhone mass hacking toolkit used by Russian spies was developed at U.S. military contractor L3Harris, former employees said.
The Coruna toolkit was used against Ukrainians and by Chinese cybercriminals, according to Google. But the toolkit was initially developed for Western governments.
honestly it's on me for not thinking that this could drop on a random friday afternoon after months of anticipation -- my b
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
OpenAI is starting to roll out Codex Security today, entering the growing market of frontier AI labs offering code security agents.
The last time an AI co. introduced a similar offering, the news rattled share prices for major cyber companies for several days.
www.axios.com/2026/03/06/o...
Gen. Nakasone, former head of the NSA & an OpenAI board member, called out the Pentagon's move to designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" at a conference in Sausalito last night.
"This is not a good space for our nation."
more @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2026/03/03/n...
Scoop: CISA CIO Bob Costello is being pushed out, per three people familiar with the matter, ending a standoff between Costello and CISA's beleaguered acting director, who tried and failed to get him reassigned last month.
Two sources said Costello is being reassigned to FEMA.
