{"id":555106,"date":"2021-06-07T09:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555106"},"modified":"2021-06-07T09:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:35:40","slug":"quantum-hacks-next-major-threat-to-cybersecurity-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quantum-hacks-next-major-threat-to-cybersecurity-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Hacks Next Major Threat to Cybersecurity: Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fquantum-hacks-next-major-threat-to-cybersecurity-experts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GetFile-317.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Governments and businesses are taking steps to guard against quantum computers, what some people see as the next serious threat to cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>Tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM believe quantum computing will become a reality in the next decade \u2014\u00a0and that could bring with it major concerns, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/07\/organizations-are-preparing-for-cyberattacks-from-quantum-computers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>\u00a0on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Threats to cybersecurity are getting increased attention in the aftermath of ransomware attacks that\u00a0temporarily stymied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/colonial-pipeline-hack-ransomware\/2021\/05\/12\/id\/1021189\/\">Colonial Pipeline<\/a>, the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/finance\/streettalk\/ransomware-meatpacker-jbs-russia\/2021\/06\/01\/id\/1023485\/\">JBS<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest meatpacker. An attack on IT firm SolarWinds affected Microsoft and several U.S. government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>David Williams, co-founder and chairman of Arqit, said quantum computers will be several millions of times faster than classical computers, and will be able to crack one of the most widely-used methods of cryptography.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The legacy encryption that we all use to keep our secrets safe is called PKI [public-key infrastructure], it was invented in the 70s,&#8221; Williams told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PKI was originally designed to secure the communications of two computers. It wasn\u2019t designed for a hyper-connected world where there are a billion devices all over the world communicating in a complex round of interactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quantum computing applies the principles of quantum physics \u2014\u00a0a body of science that seeks to describe the world at the level of atoms and subatomic particles \u2014\u00a0to computers.<\/p>\n<p>Current computers use 1s and 0s to store information. A quantum computer, however, relies on quantum bits (aka qubits), which can consist of a combination of 1s and 0s simultaneously, something that&#8217;s known in the field as superposition.<\/p>\n<p>The qubits can be linked together through a phenomenon called entanglement.<\/p>\n<p>The result of that is this: Quantum computers are far more powerful and\u00a0faster than today&#8217;s machines.<\/p>\n<p>Kasper Rasmussen, associate professor of computer science at the University of Oxford, told CNBC that quantum computers are designed to do certain very specific operations much faster than classical computers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a case of: &#8216;This is a quantum computer, so it just runs whatever application you put on there much faster,'&#8221; Rasmussen said. &#8220;That\u2019s not the idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rasmussen said he doesn&#8217;t expect quantum computers to have a major impact for at least another 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we accept the fact that quantum computers will exist in 10 years, anyone with the foresight to record important conversations now might be in a position to decrypt them when quantum computers come about,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever they do emerge, quantum computers could a problem for modern encryption standards, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>CNBC reported the Commerce Department&#8217;s National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking to update its standards on cryptography to include what\u2019s known as post-quantum cryptography, algorithms that could be secure against an attack from a quantum computer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you and I use PKI encryption, we do halves of a difficult math problem: prime factorization,&#8221; Williams told CNBC. &#8220;You give me a number and I work out what are the prime numbers to work out the new number. A classic computer can&#8217;t break that but a quantum computer will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Williams believes Arqit has found the solution. Instead of relying on public-key cryptography, the company sends out symmetric encryption keys \u2014\u00a0long, random numbers \u2014\u00a0via satellites, something it calls &#8220;quantum key distribution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Orbit, which invested in Arqit, plans to launch the satellites from Cornwall, England, by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom based Arqit, which is planning to go public via a merger with a blank-check company, has clients that include BT, Sumitomo Corporation, the British government, and the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Some Arqit employees previously worked for Government Communications Headquarters, the U.K. intelligence agency. Williams&#8217;\u00a0company had been in &#8220;stealth mode&#8221; \u2014\u00a0a temporary state of secretness \u2014\u00a0until recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments and businesses are taking steps to guard against quantum computers, what some people see as the next serious threat to cybersecurity. Tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279420,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GetFile-317.aspx","fifu_image_alt":"Quantum Hacks Next Major Threat to Cybersecurity: Experts","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GetFile-317.aspx","fifu_image_alt":"Quantum Hacks Next Major Threat to Cybersecurity: Experts","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}