Asian financial bodies sound alert on Anthropic’s Mythos AI hacker

Regulators across Asia are stepping up scrutiny of cybersecurity risks in their financial systems, as concerns over Anthropic’s latest AI model Mythos spread.
Singapore’s financial regulator…

Regulators across Asia are stepping up scrutiny of cybersecurity risks in their financial systems, as concerns over Anthropic’s latest AI model Mythos spread.
Singapore’s financial regulator is urging banks to plug holes, while South Korea’s government agencies have met to review and discuss how to respond to the risks.
In Australia, authorities expect lenders to be vigilant to ensure clients are not put at risk by inadequate controls.

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The actions around the region reflect rising global concern over Mythos as regulators discuss with financial firms how they are handling the cybersecurity risks raised by the model, which has so far been given only a limited release.

Anthropic held back a wider release after finding the model was capable of discovering security holes that had gone undetected for years, fuelling alarm about a potential new era of cybersecurity attacks.
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at Inbound 2025’s “How AI Will Transform Business in the Next 18 Months” panel on September 4, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/TNS)
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at Inbound 2025’s “How AI Will Transform Business in the Next 18 Months” panel on September 4, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/TNS)
In South Korea, the financial regulator last week convened an emergency meeting with relevant industry organisations to discuss issues related to Mythos, according to people familiar with the matter.