Wired

Computer Scientists Achieve the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography

In 2018, Aayush Jain, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, traveled to Japan to give a talk about a powerful cryptographic tool he and his colleagues were developing. As he ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Quantum computers could one day crack today’s encryption, and agencies are already preparing

Modern internet security relies heavily on mathematical problems that ordinary computers cannot solve within a useful time. A ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

New Cryptography Must Be Developed and Deployed Now, Even Though A Quantum Computer That Could Compromise Today's Cryptography Is Likely At Least A Decade Away, Says New Report

Report Details Risks and Benefits of Developing a Practical Quantum Computer, Identifies Metrics for Tracking Progress WASHINGTON – Given the current state of quantum computing and the significant ...
CNET

These Standards Could Protect Your Data From Quantum Computer Attacks

US government agency on Tuesday named four technologies it expects will keep computer data secret when quantum computers are mature enough to crack today's encryption tech. It’s a key step in securing ...
CNET

Quantum computers could crack today’s encrypted messages. That’s a problem

Google plans to make million-qubit quantum computers by 2029 that are much more powerful than this system it showed in 2019. Quantum computers, if they mature enough, will be able to crack much of ...
The New Yorker

Hacking, Cryptography, and the Countdown to Quantum Computing

Given the recent ubiquity of cyber-scandals—Colin Powell’s stolen e-mails, Simone Biles’s leaked medical records, half a billion plundered Yahoo accounts—you might get the impression that hackers can ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Where Cryptography Is Headed

Reports began surfacing in October that Chinese researchers used a quantum computer to crack military-grade AES 256-bit encryption. Those reports turned out to be wrong, but that did little to dampen ...
Computer Weekly

Deep dive into quantum-resistant cryptography for email security

Imagine waking up one day to find that all your confidential emails are suddenly an open book for anyone with a powerful enough computer. Sounds like a nightmare, right? Well, with the rapid ...