It was broken because of a mathematical breakthrough using theory lurking in the dark corners of math. The protocol itself was also using some somewhat dark cor

It was broken because of a mathematical breakthrough using theory lurking in the dark corners of math. The protocol itself was also using some somewhat dark corner of math. Which is why having as many eyes as possible is important. Now it's very well possible that it comes back with mitigations. And even the still OK candidates are using a young area of math.