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Hackers Eavesdrop On Quantum Crypto With Lasers

Posted by timothy on from the wool-over-your-own-eyes dept.

Martin Hellman writes "According to an article in Nature magazine, quantum hackers have performed the first 'invisible' attack on two commercial quantum cryptographic systems. By using lasers on the systems — which use quantum states of light to encrypt information for transmission —' they have fully cracked their encryption keys, yet left no trace of the hack.'"

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  1. And the government... by son.of.sun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... enacts laws that the person must de-crypt the message if required or get jailed. Lazy bums.