This AI company leaked its own code. It's also built something terrifying

About this episode

The episode discusses a hacking group's claim of breaching Venice's flood defense system and Anthropic's accidental leak of its AI source code, alongside the introduction of a new AI model for identifying software vulnerabilities.

A hacking group claims to have broken into the flood defence system protecting Venice's Piazza San Marco - and is offering to sell access to whoever wants it. The asking price? A frankly insulting $600. Meanwhile, Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code for Claude Code via a basic packaging mistake. Oh, and by the way, they've also just revealed they've built an AI model called Mythos that can find and chain together software vulnerabilities faster than any human. Sleep well. All this and more in episode 463 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, joined this week by special guest Tanya Janca. EPISODE LINKS: Booking.com warns customers of hack that exposed their data - The Guardian. GTA-maker Rockstar Games hacked again but downplays impact - BBC News. Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation - Axios. Hackers claim control over Venice San Marco anti-flood pumps - Security Affairs. Venezia, attacco hacker al sistema di pompe che difende piazza San Marco dall'acqua: «Abbiamo i codici, possiamo disattivarlo» - Corriere del Veneto. Digging into the Claude Code source - Dave Schumaker’s write-up of Anthropic…

People in this episode

Host: Graham Cluley

Guest: Tanya Janca

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• AI
• hacking
• data breach
• software vulnerabilities
• flood defense systems

Keywords

• hacking
• AI model
• data leak
• Venice
• software vulnerabilities
• Claude Code
• Mythos
• cybersecurity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, Booking.com, Rockstar Games, Meta, Security Affairs, Corriere del Veneto

Books & works: Claude Code, Mythos

Places: Venice, Piazza San Marco

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