US failure to prepare for rise of quantum computers could be 'catastrophic' for economy, GAO warns

The National ·
United Arab Emirates

The development of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computers (CRQCs) capable of breaking just about any encryption might be "catastrophic" to the US economy and security, a new federal report says. The recently released analysis from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) echoes concerns from technology and cyber security experts in recent years about a hypothetical scenario known as…

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