Advanced computing could doom current online security protections: spy chief
OTTAWA — The day is coming when hackers will be able to crack the encryption people rely on for secure online banking and shopping, the head of Canada’s cyberspy agency says.
Experts estimate that quantum computing could be realized within 10 years, opening the door to breaking trusted Internet protections, said Greta Bossenmaier, chief of the Communications Security Establishment.
“So the clock has started to tick,” she said Friday in an address to the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.
“The challenge of protecting systems is about to get a lot harder, thanks to quantum computing.”