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Future threats from post-quantum hacking prompt new security measures

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The centre saying advanced technologies can pose a hacking threat to banks and governments. Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images

Hameed Shuja

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The security agency has proposed a three-phase migration timeline to prepare for future threats.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published new guidelines which aim to help the country migrate to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), a cyber security safety standard aimed at preventing threats from future advances in quantum computing.

According to the Centre, the guidelines are “a mass technology change that will

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