Global Encryption at Risk as China Reportedly Advances Decryption Capabilities

It has been announced that researchers at Shanghai University have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing that could have a profound impact on modern cryptographic systems. They achieved a significant leap in quantum computing. The team used a quantum annealing processor called D-Wave to successfully factor a 22-bit RSA number, a feat that has, until now, been beyond the practical capabilities of this particular class of quantum processor. 

There is no real-world value in a 22-bit key, but this milestone marks the beginning of the development of quantum algorithms and the improvement of hardware efficiency, even though it is relatively small and holds no real-world encryption value today. A growing vulnerability has been observed in classical encryption methods such as RSA, which are foundational to digital security across a wide range of financial systems, communication networks and government infrastructures. 

It is a great example of the accelerated pace at which the quantum arms race is occurring, and it reinforces the urgency around the creation of quantum-resistant cryptographic standards and the adoption of quantum-resistant protocols globally. 

As a result of quantum computing’s progress, one of the greatest threats is that it has the potential to break widely used public key cryptographic algorithms, including Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA), Diffie-Hellman,

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