Cybersecurity
Pentagon’s Outgoing Data Boss Warns of Quantum Cyber Threats
- China’s investment in supercomputers worries military brass
- Encryption, data protection at risk if nascent tech develops
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The U.S. Department of Defense’s outgoing chief data officer called for the Pentagon to make urgent investments to defend against potential espionage from quantum computers -- nascent technology that could one day break the encryption that protects American secrets.
In his first interview since leaving his post last month, David Spirk, who spent two years in his role, told Bloomberg News that the Pentagon needs to speed up efforts to counter adversaries who are developing military tools supported by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and eventually quantum science.