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Anthropic launches Cyber Mission with grid-defence programme and free open-source scans

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Source: Anthropic: Introducing the Anthropic Cyber Mission

Anthropic launched the Anthropic Cyber Mission with two first efforts: a Critical Infrastructure Defense Program that gives frontier Claude models, on-site engineers and threat research to firms securing operational technology such as power grids and water systems, and OSS Scanner, free regular security scans of open-source projects. Founding partners of the infrastructure programme are Accenture, Booz Allen, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, Dragos, Hitachi, Insane Cyber, Nozomi Networks, Palo Alto Networks, PwC and Rockwell Automation.

Why it matters

Operators of grids and water systems reach Anthropic’s models through eleven named security providers, and open-source maintainers can get free scans from Anthropic’s strongest models.

When
8 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0147
Who
Anthropic, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Dragos, Rockwell Automation

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Anthropic. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2026-0147: “Anthropic launches Cyber Mission with grid-defence programme and free open-source scans.” wheresthe.ai, 8 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/anthropic-cyber-mission-cidp-oss-scanner-2026-10/ (source: Anthropic: Introducing the Anthropic Cyber Mission).

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