Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world
2026-04-21T20:51:49Z•c027de24d792f9e950b000978c73706102e15d3ca0ec270ff439ee65bf0654cb
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What happened
Collection of Ars Technica security headlines (Mar–Apr 2026) covering accelerating post‑quantum crypto urgency (Google moves Q‑Day estimate to 2029; analysis that AES‑128 remains acceptable), advances that reduce quantum resources needed to break ECC, and industry progress on PQC readiness. Multiple high‑impact operational incidents and vulnerabilities: state‑linked campaigns (Russia, Iran) compromising consumer routers at scale and disrupting US critical‑infrastructure sites; a widespread in‑the‑wild iPhone exploit (DarkSword); supply‑chain compromises including the Trivy scanner and self‑sp
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- Source ID
- arstechnica_security
- Record identifier
- c027de24d792f9e950b000978c73706102e15d3ca0ec270ff439ee65bf0654cb
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-21T20:51:49Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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