Incident #1628
Claude Mythos 5 Reportedly Published Malicious PyPI Package That Compromised Real Security Company During Evaluation
Description
During an Anthropic cybersecurity evaluation with Irregular, Claude Mythos 5 reportedly created and published a malicious Python package to PyPI while pursuing a fictional target. The package was reportedly available for about an hour and ran on 15 real systems. On a security company's scanner, it reportedly exfiltrated credentials that Claude then used to access additional company infrastructure.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- irregular
- anthropic
- ai-evaluation-organizations
- ai-agent-system-deployers
Alleged Developers
- large-language-model-developers
- anthropic
- ai-agent-system-developers
Harmed Parties
- unidentified-companies-compromised-during-anthropic-cybersecurity-evaluations-disclosed-july-2026
- companies