Sify News2026-10-12 08:32:51

AI Cracked A 200-Year-Old Napoleonic Cipher. What Does It Mean For Modern Encryption?

It took American AI (artificial intelligence) engineer Carter Crunch a mere 6 hours with GPT-6 Astra AI model to read a letter that had stayed sealed since 1809.

Summary

Are you running scenarios in your head about changing every password you own?

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KazaSec's take

Phishing and credential-based attacks succeed because they target people, not just infrastructure, technical controls like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC only ever close part of that gap. The rest comes down to whether a team can actually spot the fake, and whether a compromised credential can still be reused anywhere else.

Coverage details

Source: Sify News
Published: 2026-10-12 08:32:51
Author: malavika madgula
Category: toptechnology

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