Quantum computers can't crack regular VPN encryption just yet, but what happens when that changes?
Day, when an algorithm written more than 30 years ago could run on a quantum computer and compromise the security of data on ...
Every message, financial transaction, medical record, or government document encrypted today could remain stored ...
Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s ...
For decades, computers have become faster, smaller, and more powerful. But even the world’s best supercomputers have limits.
Advancements in quantum computing threaten to break the cryptography of digital assets on blockchain if it fails to adapt and ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...