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Claude finds flaws in 2 cryptographic algorithms that yrs of expert review missed
short by Pravel Jain / on Wednesday, 29 July, 2026
Anthropic on Tuesday said its Claude Mythos Preview model found mathematical flaws in two cryptographic algorithms that experts had missed for years. The first attack significantly weakens HAWK, a digital signature scheme that was built for a post-quantum world, the company stated. The second identifies a new way to attack round-reduced AES, the most widely used symmetric cypher, it added.
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