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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Aisha Down

Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029

Two men examine a quantum computer in Google's Santa Barbara lab
One of Google’s quantum computers in California. Encryption currently in use ‘could easily be broken in coming years’, it said. Photograph: Reuters

Banks, governments and technology providers need to be prepared for quantum computer hackers capable of breaking most existing encryption systems by 2029, Google has warned.

The tech company said in a blogpost that quantum computers would pose a “significant threat to current cryptographic standards” before the end of the decade and urged other companies to follow its lead.

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