How quantum computers actually work, in plain language To understand why quantum machines are so dangerous to encryption, I start with how different they are from the laptops on our desks. Classical ...

Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current systems will soon be obsolete ...

Online data is generally pretty secure. Assuming everyone is careful with passwords and other protections, you can think of it as being locked in a vault so strong that even all the world’s ...

Quantum computing encryption is reshaping how we think about digital security in a world built on encrypted communication. Today's systems rely on mathematical complexity, but emerging quantum ...

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

Billionaire investor Tim Draper has said quantum computers are more likely to compromise traditional banking systems before ...

Quantum computers should be powerful enough to crack Bitcoin’s security features—by instantly solving the mining mechanism or guessing wallet passwords by brute force—a few years after 2030, according ...

Billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper addresses the quantum threat to finance.

The theoretical threat that quantum computers pose to the Bitcoin network moved a step closer to reality on Friday. Project Eleven, a startup focused on quantum security, awarded its "Q-Day Prize" to ...

About eight years ago, toward the end of a panel I was moderating on cybersecurity, I turned to the panelists and asked them to tell me what to expect when quantum computing would come online. I got ...

Alphabet (Google) (NASDAQ:GOOG) has sounded a fresh alarm about the accelerating risks posed by quantum computers to the foundational security of Bitcoin and similar digital currencies. In a detailed ...