OpenAI extends Daybreak access to Ukraine

OpenAI said it would give the Ukrainian government access to Daybreak, which it described as a programme for legitimate cyber defence teams. It said the move was intended to help protect civilian infrastructure from cyberattacks.

The company said it was working with the Ministry of Digital Transformation. It said Ukrainian specialists would receive tools to scan software for weaknesses, investigate suspicious activity, confirm threats and generate fixes faster.

Sasha Baker, OpenAI's head of national security policy, said the tools would help public and private organisations strengthen their defences and repair vulnerabilities. She said Ukraine was already on the front line and needed support immediately.

The article said Ukraine was not the first place where OpenAI's cyber models had been used, citing France, Germany and Poland. It added that ENISA had used them to identify and patch vulnerabilities, and that CERT Polska had found six critical flaws in router software, prompting a vendor to issue updates.

Later, the article said CERT-UA handled 5,927 cyber incidents in 2025, which it said was 37.4% more than in 2024. It also said the SBU Cybersecurity Department had neutralised more than 16,000 Russian cyberattacks and critical incidents since the full-scale invasion began, and that Anthropic had blocked accounts after Russia-linked users tried to use Claude for attacks on Ukraine and for military and intelligence purposes.