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Anthropic official calls for 18-month cybersecurity preparations for critical infrastructure
Jason Clinton, Anthropic’s vice president of cybersecurity, said the rise in software vulnerabilities could threaten critical infrastructure. Clinton urged organizations to block external access to sensitive computer networks and prepare to withstand rising cybersecurity risks for approximately 18 months.
As artificial intelligence tools become capable of identifying software vulnerabilities more quickly, cybersecurity pressure is mounting on organizations that operate critical infrastructure such as electricity and water facilities. Jason Clinton, Anthropic’s vice president of cybersecurity, said new vulnerabilities could put defense systems under strain in the coming months.
Clinton said organizations might not have enough time to fix security vulnerabilities before they are exploited. He noted that artificial intelligence’s ability to make it easier to detect security weaknesses could increase the risk to critical systems.
External access to sensitive networks should be cut off
The Anthropic official recommended blocking external access to sensitive computer networks. He said this isolation would make it more difficult for hackers to infiltrate those networks.
In a message posted on the X platform, Clinton said, "No matter how bad what has happened in the last four days is, things will get much worse before they get better." Clinton said boards of directors should be brought in for support before the crisis grows, and called for that support to be directed toward basic security measures rather than artificial intelligence investments.
Clinton also said organizations should prepare to withstand rising cybersecurity risks for approximately 18 months.
Two emergency updates for PHP
During the period when the warnings were issued, concerns were also growing that artificial intelligence tools could identify software vulnerabilities before companies and governments had fixed them. Such a situation could give hackers more opportunities to exploit vulnerable systems.
Developers of PHP, a programming language widely used to operate websites and online services, released emergency updates on Wednesday for two critical security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to run malicious code on affected servers without needing login credentials.
Each of the two vulnerabilities received a severity rating of 9.2 out of 10. The developers urged organizations to install the updates without delay.
Clinton did not disclose which recent incidents prompted his warning and did not suggest that the incidents were connected. Anthropic had previously said it had identified thousands of security vulnerabilities in publicly available software using artificial intelligence models.
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