Quantum Computing Threat to Encryption Is Closer Than Expected, Warns Google

(Danny Palmer – Infosecurity Magazine) Advances in quantum computing could render traditional encryption methods obsolete by 2029, Google has warned. Quantum computing will use quantum mechanics to solve problems which today’s traditional binary computers simply can’t understand. The technology has the potential to revolutionize scientific and medical research, data analysis, machine learning and more. But it also poses a risk to cybersecurity as we know it, because quantum computers will be capable of breaking the public-key cryptography algorithms employed by most encryption systems used today. This puts sensitive information held by businesses, banks, governments, technology vendors and others, currently protected by traditional encryption methods, at risk of being accessed or stolen if traditional encryption is broken by adversaries. – Google: Quantum Computing Threat to Encryption Is Closer Than Expected – Infosecurity Magazine