Much interest in quantum computer development was spurred by Peter Shor's 1994 discovery of an algorithm that showed how ...

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

The maths problems that secure your online bank transactions and emails may soon be undermined by quantum technology. It’s ...

However, it is not necessary to use fancy quantum cryptography technology such as entanglement to avoid the looming quantum ...

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.

New research suggests that a quantum computer could crack a crucial cryptography method with just 10,000 qubits.

The maker of the popular open-source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may ...

Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies use an implementation of ECC called secp256k1. According to Google, its ...

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

Future quantum computers will need to be less powerful than we thought to threaten the security of encrypted messages.

Quantum computer could break Bitcoin cryptography with under 500,000 qubits in nine minutes. This will likely only be ...