News Mysterious quantum computing restrictions spread across multiple nations — UK cites "national security" risks and refuses to elaborate

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Four EU states have all issued identical bans on the export of quantum computers with more than 34 qubits and error rates below a certain threshold. The nature of the bans is a mystery, with states declining to elaborate per national security concerns.

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Almost certainly has to do with breaking modern AES encryption. Many firewall vendors are already supporting post-quantum encryption for VPN tunnels to lessen the risk of harvest now decrypt later attacks.