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

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

The clock is ticking on cryptocurrency.

Google published a paper on March 31 that states that Bitcoin's cryptography could be impacted by quantum computing sooner ...

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

Two analyses suggest that quantum computers could crack ubiquitous security keys and cryptocurrencies before the decade is ...

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

Quantum computing represents a forced development opportunity, not a fatal flaw. The winners will not be those who avoid the ...

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

A small mathematical revision to quantum mechanics could effectively limit the purported infinite capacities of quantum ...

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

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