Quantum Computing is About to Pwn Your Encryption – Time to Wake Up!
"Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" – The World’s Slowest Heist Imagine a burglar breaking into your house, but instead of stealing your TV, they take a photocopy of your safe’s lock and say: "I’ll crack this later when I invent lock-picking lasers." That’s essentially what hackers are doing right now with "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" (HNDL) attacks. They’re hoarding encrypted data (your emails, bank details, even those embarrassing selfies) and waiting for quantum computers to crack them open like a cheap piñata. You: "But quantum computing isn’t ready yet!" Hackers: "We can wait. Your data isn’t going anywhere." Shor’s Algorithm: The Math Bully That Eats RSA for Breakfast Current encryption relies on math problems so hard that even supercomputers cry trying to solve them. But quantum computers? They cheat. RSA Encryption: "It’ll take a billion years to factor this large prime!" Shor’s Algorithm: "Hold my qubit."
"Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" – The World’s Slowest Heist
Imagine a burglar breaking into your house, but instead of stealing your TV, they take a photocopy of your safe’s lock and say:
"I’ll crack this later when I invent lock-picking lasers."
That’s essentially what hackers are doing right now with "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" (HNDL) attacks. They’re hoarding encrypted data (your emails, bank details, even those embarrassing selfies) and waiting for quantum computers to crack them open like a cheap piñata.
You: "But quantum computing isn’t ready yet!"
Hackers: "We can wait. Your data isn’t going anywhere."
Shor’s Algorithm: The Math Bully That Eats RSA for Breakfast
Current encryption relies on math problems so hard that even supercomputers cry trying to solve them. But quantum computers? They cheat.
- RSA Encryption: "It’ll take a billion years to factor this large prime!"
- Shor’s Algorithm: "Hold my qubit."
