{"id":21001,"date":"2026-05-12T09:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/21001\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:42:19","slug":"japans-bank-regulator-sets-up-forum-to-counter-mythos-powered-cyber-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/21001\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s bank regulator sets up forum to counter Mythos-powered cyber threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">By Kentaro Okasaka<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Japan will establish a public-private working group this week to address \u200ccybersecurity risks to the financial system posed by \u200cAnthropic&#8217;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:artificial intelligence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;artificial intelligence&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> model Mythos, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on \u200bTuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u2022 Katayama, who met U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Tokyo on Tuesday, said the group aims to develop shared understanding of potential threats arising from AI among financial \u200cand tech industries and \u2060policymakers, with inputs from the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u2022 A total of 36 entities, including financial institutions \u2060from megabanks to internet banks, the Bank of Japan and the Japanese units of Anthropic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/organizations\/openai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:OpenAI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;OpenAI&quot;}\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a>, will hold the \u200bgroup&#8217;s first \u200bmeeting on Thursday, chaired \u200bby Mizuho Financial Group&#8217;s Chief \u200cInformation Security Officer Osamu Terai, according to the Financial Services Agency (FSA).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u2022 Anthropic has launched Project Glasswing to offer access to its latest AI model for defensive purposes to a limited number of organisations. The FSA said interest among \u200cJapanese banks in gaining access \u200bto the model is growing, though \u200bit did not clarify \u200bwhether any have formally sought access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u2022 The \u200cworking group will discuss procedures \u200bwhen vulnerabilities are \u200bfound, defensive measures and contingency planning for scenarios where threats cannot be fully contained, the FSA said. The \u200bregulator also \u200csaid it is considering information-sharing with U.S. and other \u200boverseas authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">(Reporting by Kentaro Okasaka. Writing by Kantaro \u200bKomiya. 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