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AI-Assisted Attack Cuts HAWK-512 Key-Recovery Cost Estimate to 2^108 Gates
TokenPost·October 20, 2026·1 min read
An AI-assisted attack reduced the estimated cost of a key-recovery on HAWK-512 to 2^108 gates. The HAWK team withdrew the candidate from a U.S. review in July. Researchers demonstrated recovery on the smaller HAWK-256 challenge, while a comparable attack on HAWK-512 remains impractical.
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