⭕️ More hacks are expected in the crypto space
If Claude Opus 4.8 has built a working exploit and successfully minted fake
$ZEC in a local test, then crypto startups have even more to fear with the release of the Fable 5 model from the Mythos class.
Mythos-class models demonstrate strong capabilities in agent-based hacking. This includes executing several different phases of a cyberattack, as well as exploit hunting - reconnaissance, detection, lateral movement, and much more.
Although the developers at
@claudeai initially implemented security filters in Fable 5, it still lets 95% of requests slip through. Only in 5% of cases does Fable 5 detect requests related to cybersecurity, biology, chemistry, or distillation that fall under the filters, and then the response is automatically passed to the Opus 4.8 model for processing, so as not to simplify or cheapen cyberattacks.
Claude Mythos 5 does not have these restrictive measures, or they are less stringent. However, this model is currently available only to a limited group of cybersecurity professionals and infrastructure providers.
The price for Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is $10 per million incoming tokens and $50 per million outgoing tokens, which is twice as expensive as Opus.
It is already clear that with the release of the Mythos-class models, crypto projects should first and foremost look for vulnerabilities themselves, rather than wait for someone from the outside to do it!
It’s worth noting that April 2026 was a record-breaking month in the history of crypto hacks.
@DefiLlama confirmed 30 separate incidents totaling approximately $651 million. Among the affected projects were: Drift Protocol, KelpDAO, Grinex, Wasabi Protocol, Hyperbridge, CoW Swap, ZetaChain, Dango, Silo V2, BSC TMM, Aethir SubQuery, Zerion, and others. The frequency was nearly one hack per day. That’s more than was stolen during the entire disastrous year of 2022!
Coincidence or not, Claude Opus 4.7 from
@AnthropicAI was released on April 16, 2026, and according to tests, it showed improvements in coding, vision, and complex multi-step tasks.
And in May 2026, according to
@Phemex_official, 40 projects were hacked, resulting in losses of approximately $81.7 million. The attack vector then shifted from smart contract bugs to the infrastructure level (multisigs, bridges, private keys). Superfortune, Verus-Ethereum Bridge, THORChain, DxSale, TrustedVolumes, Gravity Bridge, and other projects were affected. Claude Opus 4.8 was also released in May.
Be careful with DeFi. Do not store funds in protocols. Do not store passwords in the cloud or even on your local machine. Pay close attention to what you’re signing when transferring crypto or using bridges. Revoke old approvals on your wallet via
@RevokeCash. And pray that the new wave of hacks in June and July doesn’t catch you!