Someday, somebody, somewhere will likely have a quantum computer capable of cracking the fragile codes that underpin every piece of data we exchange over the internet. We don’t know when. It could be ...

Imagine a world where the locks protecting your most sensitive information—your financial records, medical history, or even national security secrets—can be effortlessly picked. This is the looming ...

Bitcoin isn't prepared for quantum computers. Government agencies are developing the technology behind the scenes. Quantum ...

A new research paper by Google Quantum AI researcher Craig Gidney shows that breaking widely used RSA encryption may require 20 times fewer quantum resources than previously believed. The finding did ...

New research by Google suggested that RSA encryption, a critical security feature used in securing Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), may be more susceptible to quantum computing attacks than previously ...

CEO Brian Armstrong downplayed concerns on Wednesday that quantum computing could crack the encryption of blockchains in the ...

Quantum computing poses a significant threat to current cryptographic systems. Classical cryptography systems are vulnerable ...

On last week's WP Intelligence Live Briefing, "A New Age of R&D," WPI Lead AI & Tech Analyst Jason Dean, explained what quantum computing has in store for today’s encryption and how this impacts ...

Quantum decryption may be a decade or more away, but banks, insurers and investment firms must act now to protect sensitive ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Quantum computers can process large amounts of data based on quantum mechanics. What would ...

Quantum computing is moving from theory to reality faster than many people expected—and that has major implications for cryptocurrency security.