Quantum cryptography pioneers win Turing Award for unhackable encryption breakthrough

The pair will share the $1 million prize for their pioneering work in quantum cryptography and the broader field of quantum information science. Their 1984 paper ...
PCMag

No, the Aura Data Breach Did Not Expose Your SSN or Password. Here's What Happened

Notorious hacking group ShinyHunters says it's behind the compromise. Aura says only marketing lists were breached, not the ...
CNET

I Tried Internxt, an Encrypted, Secure Cloud Storage Built for the Post-Quantum Era

I wanted a more secure way to store files. Here's how zero-knowledge, post-quantum encryption is different and what to know ...
The Next Web

Evervault raises €21M to keep payment data encrypted from end to end

The Dublin-and-New York-based startup, backed by Ribbit Capital, Sequoia, and Index Ventures, says it processes more than €4.2bn in transactions monthly and cuts customers’ PCI compliance costs by an ...
ZDNet

Why encrypted backups may fail in an AI-driven ransomware era

AI-driven ransomware now targets backups, too. Malware can dwell for weeks, mapping recovery systems. Your clean restore point may already be corrupted. We all know the benefits of backups, right? If ...
PC Magazine

Report: Microsoft Hands Over Keys for BitLocker-Encrypted Data to FBI

Microsoft handed over keys to BitLocker-encrypted data stored on its servers during an FBI probe last year, granting access to data on three separate laptops. BitLocker, a built-in data protection ...
Jalopnik

So It Turns Out Most Satellites Don't Encrypt Your Data, And Anyone Can Listen In

Researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Maryland have discovered that huge amounts of satellite communications — including calls, texts, and internet data from civilian, commercial, ...
Wired

If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...
Entrepreneur

Protect a Lifetime of Data with 20TB of Encrypted Cloud Storage for $400

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from ...
Reuters

U.S. Government, Top Institutions Adopt Encrypted Fax Amid Data Security Crisis

NEW YORK, NY, October 22, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- U.S. government agencies, major financial institutions, and top universities are increasingly abandoning traditional fax machines in favor of encrypted, ...
BGR

ChatGPT Leak Hints User-To-User DMs Are Coming Soon, But Will Chats Be Encrypted?

One of the most surprising things coming out of OpenAI's DevDay event last week was the transformation of ChatGPT into a platform that can run apps in chats. It's a step closer to ChatGPT becoming an ...
Computerworld

UK government still wants Apple to break data encryption

The authoritarian, surveillance-loving UK Labour government remains deeply committed to magical thinking, slamming yet another encryption-busting “Technical Capability Notice” (TCN) on Apple, ...