European MEPs Push for Stronger Post-Mythos Cybersecurity
European MEPs Push for Stronger Post-Mythos Cybersecurity
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/european-meps-push-for-stronger-post-mythos-cybersecurity-a-31599
Publish Date: 2026-05-05 13:29:00
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Mythos a Turning Point, Say Lawmakers in Missive to European Commission
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Dozens of European lawmakers are pressing the European Commission to act quickly to protect the continent’s cybersecurity, due to the advent of new artificial intelligence models that have considerable hacking prowess.
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AI models such as Anthropic’s Mythos – which the company is holding back from general release – “are fundamentally altering the cyberattack landscape,” members of the European Parliament wrote in a Monday missive. Their letter, addressed to Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission executive vice-president with responsibility for tech sovereignty and security, carried signatures from members across the political spectrum, with the exception of the far right.
“A race against time has begun, and Europe is not prepared,” the members wrote. Reports of unauthorized parties gaining access to Mythos “underscore that this threat is no longer hypothetical.” They complained that no EU institution had gained access to Mythos, which Anthropic is restricting to hand-picked organizations gathered…
