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A Newly Found Attack Just Killed One of the World's Next-Gen Encryption Candidates
Ars Technica·Thursday, 30 July 2026
A cryptographic attack called Mythos has uncovered a fatal weakness in HAWK, a third-round candidate in the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardisation process. HAWK had survived years of testing without this flaw being found. The discovery effectively puts HAWK out of the running.
Why It Matters
India's government and financial institutions are actively planning for post-quantum encryption to secure data — a major candidate failing at this stage matters for those planning decisions.
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