A Task Force for the Ciphertext Already on Deposit
The U.S. Treasury has launched a Quantum-Readiness Task Force to move the financial sector onto post-quantum cryptography, anchored to Executive Order 14412 and its 2030 and 2031 federal deadlines. We read the announcement through the threat it exists to counter, harvest now, decrypt later collection against long-lived financial data, and list the checkpoints that would show a coordination body turning into an enforceable migration calendar.
One Million Noisy Qubits Reprice the Attack on RSA-2048
A Google Quantum AI paper cut the projected hardware cost of breaking RSA-2048 by a factor of twenty. Here is what the new estimate means for harvest now, decrypt later and the arithmetic of your post-quantum migration deadline.