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Eden: NHS goes to war against open source

NHS closes open-source repositories over fears of Anthropic's Mythos LLM scanner despite minimal actual security risk, contradicting UK Tech Code of Practice.

Friday, May 1, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LWN.netBY sys://pipeline

The UK's NHS is reportedly closing most of its open-source repositories in response to increasingly sophisticated LLM-based security scanning tools like Anthropic's Mythos. The decision contradicts the UK's Tech Code of Practice and commentary suggests most NHS repos contain low-security-risk content (data, tools, guidance, design). The move highlights institutional concerns about AI-powered vulnerability discovery despite a historical track record of safe open-source.

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