Also, this is just security through obscurity. The holes that mythos exploited still exist after you've tried to limit mythos accessibility.

And the fact that all our systems are riddled with security holes shouldn't be too much of a surprise given the way that we all know that software is developed and how tech debt / chores are constantly underbudgeted (plus I think this underscores that any one human's knowledge and attention are inherently limited, and even the best PR review is going to leak all kinds of security holes).

Yes, exactly, quite shocking, if something like this is true, as NSA (!!) director you keep it quiet, right?