'No matter what password you use, I will break it in a fraction of a second'

Current encryption methods are living on borrowed time, according to Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, a founder of Israel's modern cybersecurity apparatus. Speaking on the Jerusalem Post Podcast, he stated that a mature quantum computer will be able to break any password in a fraction of a second, compromising the security of banks, governments, and militaries.

Ben-Israel elaborated that quantum computers operate on principles fundamentally different from conventional ones. While traditional computers use bits that are either one or zero, quantum computers leverage the ability of particles to exist in multiple states simultaneously. This allows them to perform calculations exponentially faster, potentially completing in moments what would take conventional machines millennia. This isn't just a speed increase; it's a fundamental shift that makes brute-force attacks, like trying every possible password combination, trivial.

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No matter what password you use, in a fraction of a second I will break it.

The professor distinguished between quantum communication and quantum computing. While strides are being made in both, quantum computing poses the immediate threat to current encryption. The proposed solutions include post-quantum algorithms, which are still in development and are expected to be adopted slowly over the next decade. A more advanced, though conceptually challenging, solution lies in quantum entanglement, a phenomenon that allows instantaneous communication between entangled particles regardless of distance, eliminating the need for interception or passwords. China has already deployed a satellite using this technology, and Israeli students are also working towards similar goals.

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Technically, it works, even if you have difficulty unders