Post-quantum security revolves around staying in the race because when quantum arrives, it won’t send a warning. Those who ...

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

How would you react if you knew that all your constituents' information is now readable and available to the highest bidder? Since the proliferation of the Internet and digitization of government ...

The first post-quantum cryptographic algorithms were officially released today, with more to come from ongoing public-private sector collaborations. The first series of algorithms suited for ...

New estimates suggest it might be 20 times easier to crack cryptography with quantum computers than we thought—but don't panic. Will quantum computers crack cryptographic codes and cause a global ...

It’ll still be a while before quantum computers become powerful enough to do anything useful, but it’s increasingly likely that we will see full-scale, error-corrected quantum computers become ...

Much like nuclear fusion, it seems quantum computing is always a decade or two away from hitting the mainstream. Giant machines crunching calculations in parallel would give them the ability to crack ...

As quantum computing advances, traditional encryption faces growing risks from powerful new algorithms. In a bid to address these issues, a government-owned company in China has introduced what it ...

As the digital world continues to expand, the need for robust cybersecurity measures has never been greater. Quantum cryptography, a cutting-edge technology that leverages the principles of quantum ...

Quantum computing is commonly characterized as an emerging trend to be on the lookout for in the future. The trouble is, nobody is certain when that future will arrive—and it may be much sooner than ...

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 ...

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 ...