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, ...

In the lead-up to World War II, the Nazis developed a powerful device to hide their top-secret military communications from the enemy. The Enigma machine was the most advanced cryptography tool of its ...

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is accepting feedback on the Federal Information Processing Standards 203, 204 and 205 draft standards until November 22, according to its ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected four candidates to form the basis of future data-protection technologies to resist attack by quantum computers, the US science agency ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Computer security experts were struggling this week to assess a startling claim by Chinese researchers that ...

One of the most well-established and disruptive uses for a future quantum computer is the ability to crack encryption. A new algorithm could significantly lower the barrier to achieving this. Despite ...

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ...

The world is on the cusp of a computing revolution based on quantum mechanics - the theory in physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at the level of atoms and subatomic particles.