In the last several days, headlines have been plastered all over the internet regarding Chinese researchers using D-Wave quantum computers to hack RSA, AES, and "military-grade encryption." This is true and not true.

Recent headlines have proclaimed that Chinese scientists have hacked "military-grade encryption" using quantum computers, but it's not true.

The research team, led by Wang Chao from Shanghai University, found that D-Wave’s quantum computers can optimize problem-solving in a way that makes it possible to attack encryption methods such as RSA.

Chinese researchers claim to have uncovered a “real and substantial threat” to classical cryptography, which is widely used in banking and the military sectors.

Chinese scientists have successfully mounted what they are calling the first successful quantum attack on widely used encryption algorithms using a

A Shanghai University research team warns of a "real and substantial threat," but one analyst says the media hype is "misleading."

Locked Doors Chinese researchers at Shanghai University say they've inched towards cracking military-grade encryption — with the help of a quantum computer. In a Chinese-language paper published late last month to the Chinese Journal of Computers,