Machines like this can kill the internet

Machines like this can kill the internet
Machines like this can kill the internet
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But the rescue plan is ready.

A quantum computer like this from IBM can destroy the internet, if one is powerful enough to be built before we have new cryptography in place. Photo: Ross D. Franklin / AP

18 July 2022 14:47

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A large quantum computer can mean the end of the internet as we know it.

An attack from such a machine could have enormous consequences. Banking services. Health data. Communication. Trade. Work and leisure. Large parts of our lives are digitized. A large quantum computer can crack the security systems that make it safe to use digital services today.

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