Amid Mythos Security Concerns, Ministry of Science and ICT Urgently Summons Chief Information Security Officers

Discussion on Response Strategies to AI Security Threats

In response to Anthropic and OpenAI launching projects that apply their latest artificial intelligence (AI) models to cybersecurity, the Ministry of Science and ICT has been urgently summoning Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from leading companies in succession.

On April 15, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that, at an emergency issue review meeting held the previous day, CISOs from the three major telecom companies—SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus—as well as from major platform companies such as Naver, Kakao, Woowa Brothers, and Coupang, along with domestic AI security experts, were in attendance.

The Ministry of Science and ICT also held a meeting with key domestic information security companies on the morning of April 15 to further discuss the impact and opportunities for Korea’s information security industry in relation to global AI companies’ cybersecurity projects, as well as strategies for advancing the domestic industry. In the afternoon, the ministry plans to convene a separate meeting with CISOs from 40 major companies outside the telecom and platform sectors, urging them to closely monitor changes in security frameworks and to review AI cybersecurity preparedness across Korea’s key industries.

Recently, Anthropic launched "Project Glasswing," a cybersecurity initiative that provides its latest AI model, Mythos, to a select group of partner companies. Concerns have arisen over potential hacking misuse, as Mythos has demonstrated the capability to find and exploit security vulnerabilities.

Kim Jinsu, President of the Korea Information Security Industry Association, said, "Given that security threats from AI are a constant, a zero-trust security framework must be established within both companies and institutions. Security threats from AI should be reviewed in terms of strengthening software supply chain security, and the government should step in to bridge the security gap facing vulnerable small and medium-sized enterprises."

Choi Woo-hyuk, policy chief for Information Security Network Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, stated, "With the emergence of high-performance AI-based cybersecurity services such as Mythos, both the information security field and major industries need to pay attention and respond. The government will maintain regular communication with the industry and strive to turn this issue into an opportunity to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity capabilities and promote industry growth."

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