Europol Warns Crypto Wallets Face Quantum Threats
The agency said migration could take years and urged developers, custodians and users to start testing quantum-resistant systems now.
- On Oct 7, Europol published two reports examining how future quantum computing advances could threaten digital assets and encrypted information, urging the industry to begin security preparations now.
- While current machines lack the capability, Europol noted that quantum computers could theoretically derive private keys from exposed public keys, potentially allowing attackers to sign transactions without permission.
- NIST-Approved standards including FIPS 203, FIPS 204, and FIPS 205 provide quantum-resistant cryptography frameworks that organizations are beginning to implement ahead of practical threats.
- BitGo and Silence Laboratories tested post-quantum multiparty computation signing earlier this year, while Coinbase and Sui are developing infrastructure to support future quantum-resistant authentication methods.
- Europol also warned of "harvest now, decrypt later" tactics targeting confidential government and medical data, emphasizing that Migration requires complex coordination across decentralized networks to protect assets long-term.
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Europol warns quantum computing could threaten cryptocurrencies and encrypted data
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) has warned that advances in quantum computing could pose significant future risks to cryptocurrencies and encrypted digital information, urging organisations, governments and the cryptocurrency industry to begin preparing now.In two newly released reports, Europol examined how increasingly powerful quantum computers could undermine the cryptography protecting cryptocurrency wall…
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