The day when a quantum computer can crack commonly used forms of encryption is drawing closer. The world isn’t prepared, experts say.

Two executive orders signed today direct the Defense Department to field three new types of quantum sensors by 2028, assist the Energy Department in building a quantum supercomputer, and advise other agencies on defeating quantum hackers.

Tim Draper says quantum will hack banks before Bitcoin; crypto is more secure and can hard fork to protect records.

There is a date out there with no name yet — no month, no year pinned to the calendar — but cybersecurity experts have been dreading it for decades. They call it Q-Day, and it marks the moment a quantum computer gains enough power and stability to ...

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Computer scientists say they've developed a new encryption method designed to defend sensitive data from one of the biggest looming threats in cybersecurity: quantum computers powerful enough to crack today's cryptographic systems. In a study published Feb ...

S.S. Iyengar, Distinguished University Professor in FIU's Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences and director of the Discovery Lab and the Digital Forensic Center of Excellence, is leading research to protect systems from emerging ...