BSI study on the development status of quantum computers
The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published the update of the “Development status of quantum computers” study. The ongoing development threatens many cryptographic methods currently in use. When planning the necessary transition to quantum-secure cryptography, a reliable assessment of the risk posed by quantum computing to information security is essential. The study presents the development status of current technologies for realizing a cryptographically relevant quantum computer as well as cryptographically relevant quantum algorithms. Quantum computers could crack passwords The advancing development of quantum technologies threatens many cryptographic methods currently in use. Data that is currently not transmitted in quantum-secure encrypted form and…