Anthropic Launches Cyber Mission to Put Claude Tools Behind Infrastructure and Open-Source Defense

Anthropic launched the Anthropic Cyber Mission on Oct. 8, 2026, pairing a new Critical Infrastructure Defense Program with a free OSS Scanner for eligible open-source projects. The company says the effort will put frontier Claude models, on-site engineering help, threat research and funding behind defenders of power, water, transportation, government systems and widely used shared code.