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Quantum computers breaking today's encryption is no longer a distant theory. It's a deadline.

Microsoft's new topological quantum chip brings qubits with a mean lifetime of 20 seconds, 1,000x more reliable than the previous generation, with some lasting up to a minute. Built on a lead-based superconductor instead of aluminum, and developed with the help of agentic AI through Microsoft Discovery. Their target: a scalable quantum computer by 2029.

Why does this matter beyond the lab?
RSA and other asymmetric encryption, the backbone of banking systems, email, and digital signatures, is theoretically breakable by a sufficiently powerful quantum machine. 2029 isn't far away. And "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks are already happening: adversaries are collecting encrypted data today, betting they'll be able to crack it once quantum capability matures.
The good news: post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards are ready. NIST finalized the first quantum-resistant algorithms in 2024. The migration path exists. The question isn't whether quantum will threaten current encryption. It's whether your organization will be ready when it does.