"without #quantum-safe encryption, everything that has been transmitted, or will ever be transmitted, over a network is vulnerable to #eavesdropping and public #disclosure",
result of quantum attacks: "records or databases that have been used over the past 25 years, including military, financial, and identity information, could be at risk of being decrypted" http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1007267-new-encryption-methods-need-to-be-developed-urgently-say-experts/