Google researchers report that improved quantum algorithms could break widely used cryptocurrency encryption with fewer resources.
Google researchers report that improved quantum algorithms could break widely used cryptocurrency encryption with fewer resources.
The day when a quantum computer can crack commonly used forms of encryption is drawing closer. The world isn’t prepared, experts say.
The day when a quantum computer can crack commonly used forms of encryption is drawing closer. The world isn’t prepared, experts say.
Building and breaking systems
Backed into a corner Blockchains are confronting the challenge of quantum computing with renewed urgency as more researchers continue to sound the alarm. Denial is giving way to anger and bargainin…
Arm’s Platform Security Architecture (PSA) was released in 2017, but it was two years until the first beta release of the PSA Cryptography API in 2019, and another year until the 1.0 specification in 2020. Aimed at securing connected devices and originally targeting only Arm-based systems, PSA has evolved with the donation of the PSA Certified program to GlobalPlatform in 2025, allowing non-Arm devices, such as popular RISC-V microcontrollers (MCUs), to achieve certification.
“Quantum safe” cryptography techniques are still under development
The risk that cryptographically-relevant quantum computers materialize within the next few years is now high enough to be dispositive, unfortunately.