New algorithms protect against quantum computing threats - IoT Times

According to a 2019 article in the Financial Times, a quantum computer built by Google could perform a calculation "in three minutes and 20 seconds that would take today's most advanced classical computer … approximately 10,000 years". It has been said that a fully capable quantum computer could break the most robust encryption in minutes, rendering current internet security useless. While prototypes of so-called quantum computers exist, developed by companies ranging from IBM to D-Wave, they can only perform the same tasks classical computers can, albeit quicker. Those technologies' speed of development is languid compared to the rest of the computing industry. The most significant challenge quantum computing faces today is the need to hold qubits in near absolute zero temperatures to keep them stable.