A group of Chinese scientists is claiming that it has developed a means of breaking public encryption using quantum computing.
In a paper published online in late December, 24 Chinese researchers claimed that they had developed a means of using quantum computing to break the RSA public encryption system which is commonly used in the finance and telecommunications industries.
If true, the paper could have far-reaching consequences for national security and the future of data and privacy.
The release of the paper is likely related to a wider effort by China’s communist regime to develop technologies capable of undermining the United States’ most important technologies, according to Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank….