Post #4178808
2026-07-29 01:14 UTC
Anthropic isn't even trying to hide the fact that they only know how to speak spin, with the sole intention of getting investors.
The second identifies a new way to attack round-reduced AES, the most widely used symmetric cipher.
A not-careful reader (or victim of the telephone game) might conclude that a new way to attack the most widely used symmetric cipher was identified.
Round-reduced AES, as opposed to actual AES, isn't used in the real world. I didn't read the article beyond this quote, but if they found a new attack against AES, they'd lead with that information. This is standard "Hey (investors), look at us!" AI noise that is all we see these days.
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@DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange 2026-07-29 01:29
@wdormann@infosec.exchange Correct me if I'm wrong, but while this isn't a cause for alarm for the general public or event most security geeks, this sort of thing is generally considered a pretty big deal within the cryptology community, right?
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@wdormann@infosec.exchange 2026-07-30 03:52
Actual cryptographer Matthew Green wrote some words about this: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/07/29/some-notes-about-anthropics-new-results/ This result initially sounds more exciting, since most people hear “attack on AES” and panic. However, this is also the result that’s much, much less interesting.