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Congress wants federal agencies to deploy quantum-safe encryption

By Grant Gross
Published December 16, 2022 3:55am ET
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Congress wants federal agencies to deploy quantum-safe encryption
The Senate has passed a bill aiming to protect government networks against the threat of quantum-computing-based hacking, even if the real danger still is a few years away. While quantum computing is in its infancy, the computing power it promises could make some of today’s encryption systems obsolete. When Big Tech companies or governments are […]


The Senate has passed a bill aiming to protect government networks against the threat of quantum-computing-based hacking, even if the real danger still is a few years away.

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