There is a potential dark side to quantum computing, one that is a threat to how we secure data. Back in 1994, Peter Shor developed an algorithm for factoring large numbers using a quantum computer, ...

As technological advancements surge forward, the specter of quantum computing looms ever larger. While the promise of quantum computers holds the potential to revolutionize fields like weather ...

The Looming Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Quantum computing is no longer confined to science fiction. As companies like Google push ...

The search giant set a corporate deadline to migrate all authentication services to quantum-resistant cryptography, validating the timeline Ethereum has been building toward for eight years. Bitcoin's ...

Kimmo Järvinen is a hardware cryptography engineer and researcher with nearly 20 years of experience in the field. He has authored more than 60 scientific publications on cryptography, cryptographic ...

To understand the difference between quantum cryptography and post-quantum cryptography, it’s helpful to go back in time: In the early 1990s, Peter Shor of AT&T Bell Laboratories discovered an ...

Quantum computers could crack the codes that secure the world’s digital information but racing to a solution could create more threats, according to Dr. Deborah Frincke. In 1994, an American ...

Peter Shor, a computer scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains why he devised an algorithm for a quantum computer that could unravel our online data encryption. Celeste Biever ...

Quantum factor: the Paul trap used by Monz and colleagues. (Courtesy: C Lackner/Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy Group, University of Innsbruck) A quantum computer made of five trapped ions has been ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard were recognized for their foundational work in quantum information science.