The private keys were so weak they could be guessed in under a second — and one of them was just the number 4.

Once data is in use, encryption falls short. A tested approach that replaces sensitive values with realistic substitutes could make stolen information far less useful to hackers.

At risk, the Oregon Democrat warned, are online crime tipsters, whistleblowers and others.

The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility.

Brad Blakestad, director of the National Quantum Coordination Office, also said encryption and measuring progress would pose challenges.

Claude Mythos exposed mathematical weaknesses in a post-quantum candidate and a simplified version of AES, marking a major breakthrough for AI-driven cryptanalysis.

With federal PQC deadlines set for 2030 and 2031, CISOs face a multi-year transformation program that most organizations have not yet started. The window for orderly execution…

The orders accelerate the federal government’s transition to post-quantum encryption and will boost the domestic quantum computing industry. 

The release includes implementations of two quantum-secure algorithms and demonstrates how formal verification caught bugs that traditional testing would have missed.

Cybercriminals brought down the most widely used learning platform in North America. The Canvas breach is a blueprint for how SaaS attacks now work — and a…