from Hacker News

Chinese researchers break RSA encryption with a quantum computer

by reshie on 10/15/24, 6:45 PM with 3 comments

• by thebeardisred on 10/15/24, 8:41 PM

  From the article: “Using the D-Wave Advantage, we successfully factored a 22-bit RSA integer"

• by talldayo on 10/15/24, 7:08 PM

  > “However, the advent of quantum computing threatens the security of these algorithms. The need for robust quantum-safe or post-quantum cryptographic solutions becomes increasingly evident as quantum computing advances.”

  Is this really news? People have been implimenting Shor's algorithm in quantum hardware for years but there's not enough precision or scale to make it relevant.

• by jprete on 10/15/24, 6:53 PM

  At least they're publishing it!