Dr Leemon Baird of Hedera said the key size of digital signatures may have to increase to be safe in the world of quantum computers. As the world waits for the first true quantum computers to become a ...

A report that Chinese researchers have employed a D-Wave quantum computer to breach encryption algorithms used to secure bank accounts, top-secret military data and crypto wallets is, at first glance, ...

The government is using national security as a “smokescreen” to refuse to disclose how many technical capability notices (TCNs) it has issued to telecoms and internet companies to secretly gain access ...

Quantum computers, heralded for their unprecedented computational power, could soon possess the capability to breach the encryption systems that protect critical infrastructure, financial markets and ...

The tension between the rights of individuals to a private life and increasing demands from states to gain access to people’s private data increased in 2025. During the year, Computer Weekly was the ...

NIST has selected four encryption algorithms that are designed to withstand an assault from a quantum computer, which will become part of a new cryptographic standard. The US National Institute of ...

Imagine a world in which powerful computers can instantaneously break a company’s standard encryption, threatening the most valuable financial data, intellectual property, personal information, and ...

Is cryptography, the guardian of our digital security, crumbling in the face of quantum computers' power? A group of Chinese researchers appears to have reached a milestone by breaking RSA encryption ...

Scientists in Switzerland have developed a new method to improve internet security against quantum computing attacks, using quantum-resistant encryption and a new type of hardware. When you purchase ...

Advanced data encryption has powered some of the most important data protection technologies in the world today, used by tech giants of all kinds. In their research paper, Chinese researchers say that ...