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US Gov Issues Security Memo on Quantum Computing Risks
securityweek ^ | May 05, 2022 | Ryan Naraine

Posted on 05/05/2022 3:08:26 PM PDT by bitt

National security memo warns that quantum computing could jeopardize civilian and military communications, and defeat security protocols for most Internet-based financial transactions

The U.S. government is barreling ahead with plans to mitigate future threats from quantum computing with a new White House memo directing federal agencies to jumpstart an all-hands-on-deck approach to migrating to quantum-resistant technologies.

The security memo, released alongside a plan to promote U.S. leadership in quantum computing, directs specific actions for agencies to take during what is being described as a laborious, multi-year process of migrating vulnerable computer systems to quantum-resistant cryptography.

"Research shows that at some point in the not-too-distant future, when quantum computers reach a sufficient size and level of sophistication, they will be capable of breaking much of the cryptography that currently secures our digital communications on the Internet," the government warned.

Noting that quantum computing poses “significant risks to the economic and national security of the United States,” the White House cautioned that a quantum computer of sufficient size and sophistication “will be capable of breaking much of the public-key cryptography used on digital systems across the United States and around the world.”

(Excerpt) Read more at securityweek.com ...


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1 posted on 05/05/2022 3:08:26 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/05/2022 3:09:00 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

Wonder what they are not telling us?


3 posted on 05/05/2022 3:10:56 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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No such thing, but keep warning about those shadows on the wall.


4 posted on 05/05/2022 3:11:13 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Quantum computing is very close. Most conservative estimates say by the end of this decade, easy.

Most modern security is based around very good cryptographic science, but for a supercomputer, even complex passwords could be cracked in less than a day. For ciphers under AES128, most modern, somewhat common, security configurations are based on crypto from 2012.

If quantum computing is achieved near term, those systems could be breached in days if not hours. This is to jumpstart government spending on IT cyber services. It works very well under the Dems.


5 posted on 05/05/2022 3:19:24 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: bitt

Just enter the text of your favorite novel as a password, with a few of your own words interspersed.


6 posted on 05/05/2022 3:27:14 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: rarestia

Quantum computers are a million times too small to hack bitcoin

Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to being cracked by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times larger than those that exist today

https://archive.ph/XZ8wK#selection-385.0-385.63


7 posted on 05/05/2022 3:35:02 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: bitt

Damm. Thanks for posting. Just changed my passwords from “password” to “password123”....That should slow them down.

For about a micro, micro second.

Seems like its a good time to use something like a “yubico” security key such that one needs to insert a physical USB device in order to log onto their financial site.


8 posted on 05/05/2022 3:37:24 PM PDT by consult
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To: SoConPubbie
Wonder what they are not telling us?

Probably that the Chinese are leaps and bounds ahead of us in quantum computing technology because they employ actual computer scientists to do research instead of woke social justice warriors.

9 posted on 05/05/2022 3:38:11 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I was talking more enterprise security than cryptographic hashing. There’s a lot more going on with cryptocoin than people often understand.


10 posted on 05/05/2022 3:41:00 PM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: consult
Seems like its a good time to use something like a “yubico” security key

Seems like the company that manufactures your key could make their own back door, but I am a little paranoid since Covid. All our home security systems require us to install an app to activate the cameras, wonder what else that app does?

11 posted on 05/05/2022 3:45:59 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: bitt

The bad news is that quantum machines are way more error-prone than classical computers because of decoherence.


12 posted on 05/05/2022 3:55:41 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SoConPubbie

Wonder what they are not telling us?


Perhaps that the Chines are way way ahead in this field.


13 posted on 05/05/2022 4:16:32 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: bitt

From what I’ve seen, mostly they’ll just have to change the ciphers accepted by encrypted connections. Some of the currently used ones are theoretically vulnerable.


14 posted on 05/05/2022 5:40:25 PM PDT by glorgau
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> Probably that the Chinese are leaps and bounds ahead of us in quantum computing technology

Nope, they ain’t. They’re a couple of years behind.


15 posted on 05/05/2022 5:42:32 PM PDT by glorgau
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