Chinese researchers are claiming they can break modern encryption with today’s quantum computers. Experts are skeptical, but the possibility remains a top U.S. national security concern.
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
The threat of hackers piercing through the digital protections that guard state secrets – that’s the sort of thing that keeps national security experts up at night. So it was news when Chinese researchers recently claimed that they could break a common encryption algorithm with an emerging technology called quantum computing. But some encryption experts are skeptical.
NPR’s Jenna McLaughlin is here to explain. Hey, Jenna.
JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa.
CHANG: So
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