CutBackdoor: A Circuit Cut Triggered Backdoor Attack on Variational Quantum Algorithms
Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18126, 2026
This preprint introduces CutBackdoor, a backdoor attack against variational quantum algorithms that is triggered through circuit cutting, a technique used to partition large quantum circuits for execution on smaller devices.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18126, 2026.
Recommended citation: Bhuiyan, A., Ngo, H., Chu, C., Lou, Q., Jiang, L., Thai, M. T., & Zheng, M. (2026). "CutBackdoor: A Circuit Cut Triggered Backdoor Attack on Variational Quantum Algorithms." arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.18126.
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