After the Labor Day holiday, another big event happened in the telecommunications industry.
News about the major breakthrough in quantum communication technology at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study suddenly appeared on the Internet. There was a lot of heated discussions.
A while ago, the Institute of Information Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced the progress of quantum computer research. Less than two months later, the news of quantum communication technology appeared again. They hadn't even seen the computer yet.
However, unlike the quantum computer news, this time the news was released by the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study.
Due to the special status of this ivory tower in the hearts of the China academic community and the Chinese people, this news was still very credible in the minds of most people.
Thinking about the failure of the Sub Company on the Asia-Pacific Submarine Cable project some time ago, many people speculated that perhaps China planned to use the latest quantum communication technology to lay the Asia-Pacific Submarine Cable No. 3.
Even though many professionals scoffed at this idea, it didn't take long for these voices to be slapped in the face.
First, the "Trans-Pacific Submarine Optical Cable Management Committee" was established in Shanghai, followed by the announcement of the list of participating countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Then, the Trans-Pacific Submarine Optical Cable Management Committee launched the bidding process and announced the bidding requirements for the Trans-Pacific Submarine Cable project. The requirements clearly mentioned that in order to ensure the security of Internet information, this submarine optical cable would use the latest quantum communication technology. Major submarine cable companies were welcome to bid and compete fairly.
Faced with such a request, whether it was NEC in Nippon or SUB in the UA, they were all dumbfounded.
Trans-Pacific Quantum Optical Cable?
Why don't you go to heaven?
…
Across the Pacific Ocean, White House.
The president, who was sitting behind the desk, pinched his eyebrows. He looked at the FBA director, Mike Kluyden, who walked to the table and spoke in a tired tone.
"What's the result of the investigation?"
More than two hundred spies and their underlings were caught in the net by the Hua State Security Department.
Not only did this put their intelligence work in a passive position, but it also caused them to lose face internationally. Their entire diplomatic strategy was in an awkward situation.
Especially when the United States was constantly accusing other countries of stealing their secrets, it was even more interesting that such a thing suddenly broke out.
No matter the time, spying was extremely disgraceful. Even if the CIB's overseas operations were almost an open secret, it was still covered with a layer of fig leaf.
Although the White House denied it and said that they had no knowledge of the matter, in the face of the mountain of ironclad evidence, no matter how vehement the denial was, it seemed a little weak.
Such a serious matter could not be solved just by stepping down as a bureau chief. They must find the cause of such a result from the source.
If there was a traitor in the CIA, then he would be dragged out.
For nearly a month, the entire CIA was being investigated by the FBI, and this investigation report was finally out …
"It's beyond our expectations. Although I'm willing to believe that the CIB traitors sold us out, all the direct and indirect evidence points to the innocence of those suspended officials …"
Director Breton spoke expressionlessly.
"… This is not exonerating the CIA. In fact, I would rather send them all to prison. But all the evidence shows that this serious accident was not caused by a mole. "
President: "Then tell me why!"
"I'm afraid it's because of a more serious problem." Director Breton continued with a solemn expression, "According to the analysis of our intelligence personnel, China may have a kind of all-weather surveillance device that can extract the information they need from our intelligence network in a way that we can't detect."
The president, who was sitting behind the desk, spoke in a sarcastic tone, as if he had heard a funny joke.
"Is it mind-reading or soul-sucking?"
"I'm not kidding." Director Breton said in a serious tone, "I suggest setting up a special investigation team to investigate this matter. In order to prevent tragedies from happening again, we must give them a high degree of decision-making power. They can use any means necessary, and they must maintain radio silence until the truth is revealed. No one knows their identity except for themselves … including you and me. "
The president's eyes narrowed slightly and he spoke in a hostile tone.
"You suspect that I and the Chinese leaked the secret?"
"I didn't." Director Breton said with a straight face, "But it's necessary."
Suddenly, footsteps came from outside the office.
Director Breton, who was about to say something, immediately stopped talking.
"Mr. President." The Secretary of State knocked on the door and walked in. He glanced at Director Breton and said, "I have an important matter to report to you, but … if your conversation with Mr. Breton isn't over yet, I can wait outside for a while."
"No need." The president looked at Director Breton and said, "Just do as you say."
Director Breton finally sighed in relief and nodded.
"Okay."
After that, he turned around and left the president's office.
The Secretary of State raised his eyebrows and looked at the president curiously.
"Is it about the CIA mole? Did they catch them? "
"No." The president's face became gloomy again. He said in a hostile tone, "Just tell me what happened."
"Just now, the China Embassy came to visit me."
Upon hearing the word "Hua Nation", the president felt a headache. He reached out and rubbed his eyebrows.
"Another protest?"
"Not this time …" The Secretary of State said, "They didn't mention anything about spies at all. Instead, they made an irrelevant proposal."
"What proposal?"
"In order to deal with the deteriorating network information security situation, they proposed to set up a professional working group composed of experts from various countries to update the international encryption algorithm."
"Update the encryption algorithm? What do you mean? "The president frowned and asked," Is there a problem with the current encryption algorithm? "
Secretary of State: "There's no problem, at least as far as I know. The ras algorithm is still the most reliable encryption algorithm. I have consulted with cryptography experts at the Argonne National Laboratory. But the problem is that they are speculating that the ras encryption algorithm has major security risks. At the same time … "
The Secretary of State paused for a second and spoke.
"I learned that China recently planned to use the latest optical quantum technology to build a new trans-Pacific submarine optical cable as a supplement to the original submarine optical cable. They proposed to set an example and cover all the costs of this project as long as we cooperate with them … "
"Optical quantum submarine optical cable?"
The president repeated the word over and over again, and a playful expression appeared on his face.
He had heard of this technology before. Apparently, it used the principles of quantum mechanics and could achieve unconditional confidentiality.
Strictly speaking, this wasn't anything new. Someone proposed this concept as early as the last century, but because of the technical difficulties involved, no substantial progress had been made.
Regardless of whether or not the China really mastered this technology, from a political point of view, there was no way he would agree to the China's proposal.
Nine of the 13 root servers were in China's hands. Even though they couldn't make a big deal out of this matter, this at least showed that even though the Internet, like Antarctica, belonged to all of mankind, its center was still in the United States.
Only they had the right to define the standards of the Internet.
Including what algorithm was used to encrypt each byte of data and how it was transmitted.
To put it bluntly, they had no obligation to sacrifice their own interests to cooperate with China.
If it was a traditional submarine optical cable, they only needed to send a nuclear submarine and use a robotic arm to cut a small section of the submarine optical cable. This would allow them to perfectly eavesdrop on all the data passing through the optical cable.
In fact, this was what they and their allies had been doing. There was even a time when a stupid teammate cut the optical cable and made a big news story.
Now that China wants to create an optical quantum submarine optical cable, does it mean they don't trust the honest Statue of Liberty?
No wonder they've been hyping up the concept of quantum computers …
So that's what they're planning.
Thinking of this, a look of understanding appeared on the president's face.
All of the clues connected in his mind.
He suddenly remembered an old saying in China, "A drunk old man doesn't care about the wine on the table." This meant that behind any suspicious behavior, there was actually a conspiracy.
This was the perfect way to describe the China's approach!
"Tell them that they are the ones threatening global information security. If they really want to set an example on the issue of network information security, then tell the hackers hired by the People's Liberation Army to stop stealing our national secrets and technology!
"As for the quantum submarine optical cable … The White House doesn't intend to interfere with commercial activities, but we are skeptical about whether this kind of immature technology can undertake such a critical and important task. Unless they can prove that this technology is reliable enough, we will not allow it to land in North America. "
Secretary of State: "You mean … we should just refuse?"
"What else can I do?" The president said casually, "I can see through their tricks at a glance."
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