Chinese threat actors may increasingly look to steal sensitive, encrypted data in hopes of decrypting it with quantum computing technology in the years ahead, according to a new report. Researchers say Chinese threat agents may target government, private sector and academic data with long-term value. China has emerged as a major quantum-computing research and development center, backed by substantial policy support at the highest levels of its government. Experts say quantum computing’s benefits are largely far off, but next-generation technologies make the threat active, with highly sensitive data potentially decrypted by the end of the decade.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/report-china-to-target-encrypted-data-as-quantum-advances-a-17979