Mythos found attacks on HAWK and a weakened AES variant, a neat demo of AI-assisted cryptanalysis that still misses deployed crypto.
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> found attacks on HAWK and a weakened AES variant
Cool demo, but attacking a weakened AES toy and a fresh paper scheme is not the same as saying much about post-quantum cryptography in the real world. The title makes it sound like Mythos took a swing at deployed crypto, when it mostly poked at convenient targets.
> found attacks on HAWK and a weakened AES variant
HAWK is the real target here; the AES variant mostly pads the headline.
HAWK is the only real result here, AES just buys them a bigger headline.
> HAWK is the real target here
Sure, and that's exactly why "post-quantum" is sloppy, HAWK isn't deployed.