Chinese threat groups collect encrypted data to decrypt later with quantum computers
25-November-2021

Chinese threat groups are likely to soon collect encrypted data with
long-term utility, expecting to eventually decrypt them with quantum
computers, a new report by Booz Allen Hamilton has warned.
By the
end of the 2020s, Chinese threat groups will likely collect data that
enables quantum simulators to discover new economically valuable
materials, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Quantum-assisted AI,
meanwhile, is unlikely to emerge or influence adversary behavior in the
foreseeable future.
Quantum computing is evolving from the
theoretical to the practical. Today, several quantum computers at global
institutions can complete certain tasks orders of magnitude faster than
any classical supercomputer.
Although quantum computers' current
abilities are more demonstrative than immediately useful, their
trajectory suggests that in the coming decades quantum computers will
likely revolutionize numerous industries-from pharmaceuticals to
materials science-and eventually undermine all popular current
public-key encryption methods, and plausibly boost the speed and power
of artificial intelligence (AI).
What's more, China has recently emerged as a major player in quantum computing, the report said.
Many organisational leaders and chief information security officers (CISO) lack insight into the practical importance of quantum computing and how to manage related risks., the report said.
They don't know how and when the technology might become useful-and how it might shape the behavior of threat actors such as China, a persistent cyber adversary of government and commercial organizations globally and a major developer of quantum-computing technology, the report said - IANS
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