Data Is Vulnerable to Quantum Computers That Don’t Exist Yet

Future quantum computers may rapidly break modern cryptography. Now a new spin-off from Google’s parent company Alphabet warns that sensitive data is already vulnerable to quantum computers that don’t exist yet, courtesy of codebreaking attacks that steal that data now and could decrypt it in the future. Therefore, it has developed a road map to help businesses, governments and other organizations begin the shift to post-quantum cryptography now.