Researcher breaks 15-bit ECC key on publicly accessible quantum hardware in a 512x jump from the previous public demonstration.

Independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli broke a 15-bit elliptic curve key on publicly accessible quantum hardware, 512 times ...

The quantum threat to Bitcoin keeps inching closer, this time thanks to a researcher who broke a simplified cryptographic key ...

A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble ...

TES Electronic Solutions GmbH unveils a next-generation VHDL-based ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm) IP core, designed to deliver high-performance, secure, and energy-efficient ...

Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

According to the latest Google research, it could take as few as 1,200 logical qubits for a quantum computer to break ...

As Google warns that the elliptic curve cryptography protecting the Bitcoin blockchain might be at risk sooner than expected, how close are we to cryptogeddon?

Google just issued a warning that has great implications for the cybersecurity world: "Q-Day" — the moment when a quantum computer becomes powerful enough ...

At the same time, a March 2026 preprint from a Caltech–Berkeley–Oratomic collaboration explores what might be possible using ...

Research suggests Bitcoin users could defend against future quantum attacks using a transaction design that works within ...