Breaking encryption with a quantum computer
The amount of quantum computing power needed to crack a common data encryption technique has been reduced tenfold. This makes the encryption method even more vulnerable to quantum computers, which may be able to reach the reduced size within the decade. The RSA algorithm is one of the most widely used encryption algorithms, used for things like online banking and secure communication. It is based on the mathematical difficulty of finding which two prime numbers were multiplied together to create a very large number. Since the 1990s researchers have known that this difficulty can be side-stepped by using a quantum computer, but the possibility was considered theoretical because the size needed for such a quantum computer was much larger than could be built. Computer Scientists Awards - NOMINATION OPEN NOW!🏆 For Enquiries: contact@computerscientist.net Website: computerscientists.net Nominate Now: https://computerscientists.net/award-nomination/?ecategory=Awards&rca...