Top Cybersecurity Agency Accidentally Left Out of Cybersecurity Updates
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- â˘Anthropic withheld the Mythos Preview AI from public release due to its ability to quickly exploit security vulnerabilities.
- â˘More than 40 organizations, including the NSA and Commerce Department, are testing Mythos, but CISA has not been granted access.
- â˘CISAâs acting director Nick Andersen cited significantly limited resources after budget cuts and staff losses tied to Trump administration decisions.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), tasked with guarding US banks and power plants, hilariously finds itself locked out of Anthropic's Mythos Preview AIâthe tech equivalent of giving the NSA the nuclear codes but forgetting CISA's door key. Although Anthropic wisely withheld Mythos from public release due to its super-speedy hacking skills, over 40 groups like the NSA and Commerceâs Center for AI Standards are playing with it. Meanwhile, CISA sobs in the corner, stretched thin from Trump-era cuts slashing $707 million and a third of its workforce since 2025, leaving acting director Nick Andersen to admit his 'resources are more limited than I would like'âtranslation: no Mythos for you. National cyber director Sean Cairncross and Treasury are negotiating access, but for now, critical infrastructure teams are relying on CISA's less shiny crystal ball to dodge digital doom.
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(1 of 3)When your top cyber agency is cut so hard even the AI tool designed to stop hackers ignores them, maybe itâs time for a budget advocacy group, not a department.
CISAâs idea of cybersecurity is hoping hackers get bored before they break in because their âpowerful AI toolâ is at someone elseâs party.
Watching CISA get left out of AI security is like watching your dad miss the group chat but still yell about privacy online.
Source: Axios | Published: 4/21/2026 | Author: Sam Sabin
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