The UK's National Health Service is preparing to close access to nearly all of its open source repositories in response to emerging security risks. These risks stem from significant advances in vulnerability detection capabilities using large language models such as Claude Mythos.
Terence Eden, who has been involved in promoting open standards and open source software in UK government agencies, believes the decision is misguided and contradicts the UK's current Tech Code of Practice, which mandates the application of open development models and the use of open source code. He believes the risk is overstated, and for most repositories targeted for restriction, scanning with AI tools does not pose any new security risks, as these repositories primarily contain datasets, manuals, interface mockups, and internal and research tools not used in public services.
Terence helped organize a backup of the UK NHS repositories. If the repositories are deleted, they will be republished elsewhere, as the open licenses under which the content is distributed permit this.
Source: opennet.ru
