Payward taps Claude Mythos 5 for crypto security

Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing on Aug. 17 and gained restricted access to Claude Mythos 5 for defensive cybersecurity work. Summary Payward joined Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and gained restricted access to the Claude Mythos 5 model. The company plans to scan all Payward environments for software vulnerabilities within the coming weeks. Payward says validated third party findings will be shared with relevant open source project maintainers. Anthropic limits Mythos 5 access to vetted organizations because its cybersecurity capabilities carry misuse risks. Mythos 5 usage requires customers to accept thirty day data retention for Anthropic safety monitoring. The company plans to use the artificial intelligence model to scan its software environments for vulnerabilities over the coming weeks. Findings will enter Payward’s existing security review process rather than automatically producing software changes. Payward also said it intends to disclose validated vulnerabilities affecting third party open source projects to their maintainers. The company did not identify its first scanning targets, publish a deployment sc...