Published June 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
TechCrunch
Jun 20, 2026, 6:00 AM
From PGP to Mythos: a brief history of export controls that didn’t stop anyone
For the last 30 years, stopping the flow of cybersecurity-related software has proven to be ineffective. It's unclear why it would work now with Anthropic’s cybersecurity model Mythos.
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