August 2026

encryption

Commentary: A Deadline No One Can Negotiate Is Coming for the World’s Encryption, and the Race to Get Ready Has Quietly Begun

Commentary by American News Group The encryption that quietly protects the modern world, banking, identity, government records, private communications, was built on a bet: that the math underneath it would take longer to break than the secrets it guards need to stay safe. Quantum computing is threatening to collapse that bet. As the technology advances

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Treasury Department Announces the Quantum-Readiness Task Force

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the launch of the Quantum-Readiness Task Force, following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14412 establishing guidelines to strengthen cryptographic protections for America’s sensitive data, critical infrastructure, and digital economy. The Task Force supports the Administration’s efforts to secure American innovation; strengthen supply chains; and ensure U.S. leadership in

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