Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works
by andai on Monday March 13, 2017 @03:26PM
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Re: need custom hardware for each algorithm
Something tells me, for an intelligence agency, building a quantum computer only for the purpose of breaking cryptographic keys would be a worthwhile investment.
An investment they have already made:
The effort to build “a cryptologically useful quantum computer” -- a machine exponentially faster than classical computers-- is part of a $79.7 million research program called “Penetrating Hard Targets.”
Something tells me, for an intelligence agency, building a quantum computer only for the purpose of breaking cryptographic keys would be a worthwhile investment.
An investment they have already made:
The effort to build “a cryptologically useful quantum computer” -- a machine exponentially faster than classical computers-- is part of a $79.7 million research program called “Penetrating Hard Targets.”
article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-s...
leaked document
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/world/a-description-of...