"...if and when [quantum computers] do start working, they will be able to break the cryptographic algorithms that currently protect online communications, financial transactions, medical records and corporate secrets."
"The possibility still exists that flaws will be found in NIST’s new [PQC] standards. But that is no reason to delay. The transition will not be easy, and will not be risk-free. But the time to start is now."
Source: "The world needs codes quantum computers can't break," The Economist, August 21, 2024.
