White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
2026-06-24T08:51:51Z•06009fe2a9436afe7070ec50363660ea151bab319b7afce2325c231343b71632
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What happened
A series of high-impact security stories from mid‑June 2026: the White House accelerated deadlines to move away from quantum‑vulnerable crypto; AMD reversed a controversial removal of consumer memory encryption (TSME); major supply‑chain and credential compromises spilled sensitive network logins (affecting Oracle/PeopleSoft, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, Fortinet, etc.); multiple high‑severity/zero‑day flaws were reported and patched (PeopleSoft 0‑day, Linux kernel use‑after‑free allowing sandbox escape, Beats Studio Buds eavesdropping bug, Microsoft-discovered backdoor/malware “Crypto Cl
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