I can’t figure it out either. Does “the sad tale of hype fanning” fear that “modern cryptography was slain?” Or is there a “sad tale of hype” that is currentl

I can’t figure it out either. Does “the sad tale of hype fanning” fear that “modern cryptography was slain?” Or is there a “sad tale of hype” that is currently “fanning fears” that “modern cryptography” has been slain? Or is it “the sad tale of hype” itself that was slain? It’s such a textbook example of a poorly-constructed sentence, it’s hard to believe it was written unintentionally.