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Bank of America hires 1,000 contractors to patch bugs found by Mythos AI

Anthropic's Mythos AI model identified a large number of vulnerabilities in Bank of America's systems, prompting the bank to hire 1,000 additional contractors and spend over $100 million in remediation costs, as disclosed by CEO Brian Moynihan during the Q3 earnings call.

Disclosed 15 October 2026 · Record updated 15 October 2026

Impact

Bank of America spent 'a couple of hundred million plus' on remediation, partly tied to vulnerabilities found by Mythos, and brought in 1,000 contractors in addition to its 3,000 technical staff to patch the flaws.

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  1. theregister.comhttps://theregister.com/security/2026/10/15/bank-of-america-had-to-bring-in-1000-contractors-to-patch-all-the-bugs-mythos-identified/5303275