Tech Times

Can 10,000 Qubits Break the Internet? Inside the P‑256 Quantum Attack That Has Cryptographers Worried

Quantum computing advances raise concerns over 10,000 qubits breaking P‑256 encryption using Shor’s algorithm, driving ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Holding algorithms (and the people behind them) accountable is still tricky, but doable

The black box of algorithms in public and private life can be impenetrable for journalists, constrained by trade secret exemptions and situational awareness — despite the fact that they can have a ...
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Quantum computers could crack every code on Earth, here’s how

The danger is not science fiction. The core algorithms that would let a powerful quantum machine tear through today’s public‑key encryption already exist, and governments and companies are racing to ...
BGR

Quantum Computing Will Break Existing Encryption Algorithms, So The US Government Developed Stronger Ones

Whenever we talk about end-to-end encrypted data, we're usually talking about messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and Google's RCS. But plenty of other data is encrypted to ensure ...
Network World

NIST says DES encryption ‘inadequate’

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is proposing that the Data Encryption Standard, a popular encryption algorithm, lose its certification for use in software products sold to the ...
Computerworld

NIST says Data Encryption Standard now ‘inadequate’

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is proposing that the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a popular encryption algorithm, lose its certification for use in software products sold ...