Q-Day and the race to protect your data from quantum attack

The countdown is on to Q-Day, when an algorithm written more than 30 years ago could run on a quantum computer and compromise the security of data on the internet. How are we preparing?
Physics World

Shor’s algorithm is implemented using five trapped ions

Quantum factor: the Paul trap used by Monz and colleagues. (Courtesy: C Lackner/Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy Group, University of Innsbruck) A quantum computer made of five trapped ions has been ...
NextBigFuture

Compiling Shor’s Algorithm to enable arbitrarily large numbers to be factored using constant-sized quantum circuit like factoring a 20000 bit number using two Qubits

Arxiv – Pretending to factor large numbers on a quantum computer – Shor’s algorithm for factoring in polynomial time on a quantum computer gives an enormous advantage over all known classical ...
Nanowerk

Realization of Shor's algorithm on an optical quantum computer

(Nanowerk News) A research team led by Prof. PAN Jianwei with the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has been successful in performing Shor's ...
PC Magazine

Shor's algorithm

A quantum computer algorithm that is used to find the prime factors in an encryption key. Created by applied mathematician Peter Shor in the mid-1990s, Shor's algorithm may be used to break the codes ...