Coherent attack on oblivious transfer based on single-qubit rotations

Abstract

Recently a bit-string quantum oblivious transfer (OT) protocol based on single-qubit rotations was proposed (Rodrigues et al 2017 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 50 205301) and proven secure against few-qubit measurements. However, it was left as an open question whether the protocol remains secure against general attacks. Here, we close the gap by showing that if the receiver Bob can perform collective measurements on all qubits, then he can learn Alice’s secret message with a probability close to one. Thus the protocol fails to meet the security criterion of OT.