Revealed: Edward Snowden has leaked documents which say the NSA are creating a computer that could break the world's strongest encryption tools The National Security Agency plans to create a quantum computer that could break the strongest encryption tools in the world, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The former NSA contractor-turned whistleblower has provided documents which suggest that the NSA is on a code-breaking mission which could have revolutionary consequences for almost every type of encryption which protects records used by governments, banks and hospitals. The NSA plans to build a ‘cryptologically useful quantum computer’ as part of its $79.7 million research project, ‘Penetrating Hard Targets,’ through various classified contracts at a College Park laboratory in Maryland, according to the Washington Post.
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The NSA plans to build a 'cryptologically useful quantum computer'
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The plans were revealed in leaked documents from Edward Snowden
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It is part of the NSA's $79.7m 'Penetrating Hard Targets' research project
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It could break encryption codes which protect medical and bank records
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