---
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