We beat Google’s zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis
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Summary
Trail of Bits forged a zero-knowledge proof beating Google's quantum cryptanalysis results by exploiting memory safety and logic bugs in its Rust zkVM prover code, demonstrating zkVM security risks.
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--- id: 1278 title: "We beat Google’s zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis" source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/17/we-beat-googles-zero-knowledge-proof-of-quantum-cryptanalysis/" published_at: "2026-04-17 11:00" tags: ["web3", "vulnerability-research", "memory-safety", "cryptography", "vulnerabilities", "zero-knowledge", "google", "trail-of-bits", "zkvm"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1278" lang: en --- # We beat Google’s zero-knowledge proof of quantum cryptanalysis ## Summary Trail of Bits forged a zero-knowledge proof beating Google's quantum cryptanalysis results by exploiting memory safety and logic bugs in its Rust zkVM prover code, demonstrating zkVM security risks. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com - **Published:** 2026-04-17 11:00 - **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2026/04/17/we-beat-googles-zero-knowledge-proof-of-quantum-cryptanalysis/ - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1278