A quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours

1 points by TsukiZombina 6 years ago | 1 comment

gus_massa 6 years ago |

Reposting the same comment than in the previous submissions:

> Note: For the 8 hours, they need to use a quantum computer with 20-million-qubit, but the current quantum computer have only about 100 qbits.

(And it's very difficult to scale the number of qubits.)

gus_massa 6 years ago |

Reposting the same comment than in the previous submissions:

> Note: For the 8 hours, they need to use a quantum computer with 20-million-qubit, but the current quantum computer have only about 100 qbits.

(And it's very difficult to scale the number of qubits.)