New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner than expected—with AI ...

Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses suggest a capable enough ...

With around 26,000 qubits, the encryption could be broken in a day, the researchers report in a paper submitted March 30 to ...

The clock is ticking on cryptocurrency.

Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require ...

Google's new whitepaper says it could take only minutes for a quantum system to crack Bitcoin.

About eight years ago, toward the end of a panel I was moderating on cybersecurity, I turned to the panelists and asked them ...

New quantum estimates reveal Bitcoin encryption may be more vulnerable soon ...

Research suggests fault-tolerant quantum machines could arrive sooner than expected, posing a threat to Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptography.

Q-Day’ and the cybersecurity problems it brings could come as early as 2029 as Google accelerates its post-quantum cryptography migration ...

Google's finding that breaking bitcoin's cryptography requires 20x fewer qubits than previously estimated has triggered the ...

According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as ...