AI Finds FLAWS in AES/Post-Quantum Encryption Algos

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-found-a-weakness-in-one-of-the-worlds-most-studied-encryption-systems-is-your-data-under-threat

Artificial intelligence (AI) has helped uncover new weaknesses
in two cryptographic systems, including a simplified version
of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) that underpins much
of today's internet. While these headline-grabbing findings
don't put anyone's passwords or bank accounts at immediate
risk, experts say the research could mark the beginning of
a new era in which AI becomes a powerful assistant for
discovering flaws in the mathematical foundations of
digital security.

In a blog post published July 28, representatives from
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team said Claude Mythos Preview
independently developed new cryptanalytic techniques against
two different targets: a version of AES-128, one of the world's
most widely used encryption algorithms, and HAWK, an experimental
post-quantum digital signature scheme

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   Note these are not "cracks", not YET. However they
   are the foundation for "cracks".

   Problem - everybody has a LONG LONG data HISTORY
   at this point. A lot of it has been archived,
   somewhere. Likely a lot of your banking/investment
   acct numbers and such haven't changed in a long time.

   As such, attacks could be directed towards somewhat
   "old" data archives nobody is really paying attention
   to anymore YET do you great damage.

   Used to use AES-128 for all my company data - a bit
   quicker than 256 but still, supposedly, secure. All
   that data is still "out there", somewhere. Always
   used Cloud backup as the extra support leg in the
   overall security equation in case of total disaster.
   Our auditors used to DEMAND I prove I could recover
   that data, yearly. Made GUI apps so I could produce
   nice screen shots as proof - quick-n-easy.

   The news of defective 'post-quantum' encryption IS
   a serious concern. We were all COUNTING on this for
   the near future.

   The USA/west DO have serious enemies - and they're
   tech-savvy. Bear that in mind.