🚨 Hackers are stealing your encrypted data right now.
They’re betting quantum computers will crack it by 2030.
It’s called “harvest now, decrypt later.”
It will expose everything from your emails to bank records.
Here’s how to protect yourself before it’s too late: 🧵 https://t.co/Fu9IfCDThQ
Your encrypted data isn't secure.
Not because it's readable today, but because it's being stolen for tomorrow.
When quantum machines break encryption by 2030, everything becomes exposed.
The most alarming part of this "harvest now, decrypt later" threat? https://t.co/xNZ9D0lM50
Files are intercepted through sophisticated network taps, hijacking, and cloud breaches.
None of these attacks are breaking your encryption today.
Hackers are building repositories of your data to break in the future.
Their endgame will blindside unprepared organizations... https://t.co/URX3Bpe34Z
Quantum computing changes the security equation.
Quantum computers leverage qubits in multiple states.
This enables them to solve problems faster, including complex math, protecting your encrypted data.
Making today's strongest encryption as effective as tissue paper: https://t.co/0gnLzdZoKL
Intelligence agencies began harvesting encrypted communications decades ago.
They've accumulated petabytes of VPN traffic and encrypted web sessions.
Waiting for the moment when quantum computing makes them readable.
It's happening now... https://t.co/tydqaNPG0T
Security experts predict "Q-Day"—when quantum computers can break today's encryption—will arrive by 2035, possibly sooner.
Within 12-15 years, today's encryption will become worthless.
And the specific types of data most vulnerable to these attacks? https://t.co/zNthOktnXk
Certain data maintains long-term sensitivity that hackers target: medical records, trade secrets worth billions, financial transactions, and military communications.
Due to its massive scale, the damage from delayed decryption exceeds immediate breaches:
Organizations with the highest risk profiles include mid-market companies with valuable data but limited security resources.
The banking sector alone has trillions in transactions vulnerable to retroactive decryption.
The math is unambiguous...
Today's encryption will fall to quantum computing, securing everything from emails to banking.
Government agencies are already preparing response frameworks.
But those that will survive this security revolution are implementing three protection strategies: https://t.co/WtGlXG4AFq
Execute on these priorities.
1. Implement post-quantum cryptography (PQC)
• NIST released standards in 2024
• Focus first on systems with the most sensitive data
• Deploy hybrid approaches using both traditional and quantum-resistant encryption
2. Data minimization delivers immediate security value by reducing your attack surface.
Short, impactful steps matter. Discover and classify all sensitive data across your systems.
Most Fortune 500 companies have stored data for 7+ years, creating massive vulnerability windows.
3. Consider alternative protection approaches like microsharding, which physically fragments data across multiple storage locations.
This protection remains effective regardless of quantum computing advancements.
Data that doesn't exist in complete form can't be decrypted.
The reality...
Organizations that execute now will protect their most valuable assets.
Those waiting until quantum decryption is imminent will suffer catastrophic breaches.
Start your quantum security transition today—execution matters more than a perfect strategy.
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· Veritasium: https://t.co/CRN92K2aF6
· Bloomberg Originals: https://t.co/SmDOTgJZTt
·Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn: https://t.co/mYzeZ0CGnm
· ShardSecure: https://t.co/tZRq3XAo4t
