Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission
A post-quantum cryptography algorithm called HAWK has been withdrawn from NIST standardization after an Anthropic AI model identified a security flaw. While the findings are incremental, they demonstrate the potential for AI to assist in cryptanalysis.
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The use of AI to identify vulnerabilities in cryptographic standards highlights a new frontier in cybersecurity and the race to secure data against future quantum threats.
AI-GENERATED CRYPTANALYSIS Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission HAWK withstood years of testing that had yet to uncover a fatal weakness found through Mythos.
7 Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration to become an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered it broken.
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