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NIST Publishes the First Post-Quantum Encryption Standards

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NIST Publishes the First Post-Quantum Encryption Standards

Starts 08/13/2024CONFIRMED 93% CONFIDENCENIST's^[1][2] own announcement is dated 13 August 2024, the day the three standards were finalised and published.

NIST released the first three finalised post-quantum cryptography standards - FIPS 203, 204 and 205 - and told system administrators to start migrating immediately. They are the replacements for the public-key cryptography that a large quantum computer would break.

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NIST Publishes the First Post-Quantum Encryption Standards