the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, alarming headlines continue to raise fears of a quantum computing apocalypse—one where future quantum computers could crack the cryptographic codes that protect everything from bank accounts to Wi-Fi networks and bitcoin wallets. A recent study suggests it may take 20 times fewer qubits to break encryption like RSA than previously believed, but experts urge caution: the end of cryptographic security isn’t imminent.