New Scientist

The first quantum computer to break encryption is now shockingly close

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

Just 10,000 quantum bits might crack internet encryption schemes

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

Google warns quantum attack could crack Bitcoin in 9 minutes

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

Chinese Hackers Use Quantum Computer to Break Military Grade Encryption

Chinese researchers at Shanghai University say they’ve inched towards cracking military-grade encryption — with the help of a quantum computer. SPNs are used in algorithms tasked with protecting ...

Useful quantum computers could be built with as few as 10,000 qubits, team finds

Quantum computers of the future may be closer to reality thanks to new research from Caltech and Oratomic, a Caltech-linked start-up company. Theorists and experimentalists teamed up to develop a new ...