NSA chief says Mythos breached nearly all of its classified systems within hours

NSA局长：Mythos数小时内攻破其几乎所有机密系统

The NSA director stated that Mythos breached nearly all of the agency's classified systems in a matter of hours. The same team previously cracked MacOS in 5 days, while Google Project Zero would need 6 months for an equivalent attack. A single MacOS zero-day is worth about $2 million on the black market. Apple assumed only 10–20 teams globally had this capability; Mythos could push that number into the thousands. Among 2 billion active Apple devices, Mac users are disproportionately journalists, executives, and government officials—high-value targets that made Apple the 'safest' choice. The post doesn't disclose what Mythos is, when the breach happened, or where the NSA chief made the statement, so I'd take those details with a grain of salt.

Why it matters: The NSA director's own disclosure of a breach timeline and the stark 5-day vs 6-month comparison makes this a strong signal. Score stays below 85 because we only have the tweet-level claim — no attack path, Mythos attribution, or NSA system details yet. Worth featuring but wai...