Baruch wasn't the only one who fainted.
Over the course of a day, the heart disease rate in Manhattan increased by nearly ten percent.
The gloomy stock market, like people's pessimistic expectations for the North American economy, fell like a waterfall through the last psychological line of defense.
The resulting chain effect quickly swept through the global financial market, like dominoes from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, then from the stock market to the futures market …
What did it mean once the existing cryptography system failed?
It wasn't as simple as the risk of password theft or a bank run.
It meant that all financial products would lose their guarantees because of the failure of a series of algorithms such as RSA.
The first to be affected were digital cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The online platforms that originally opened Bitcoin payment channels closed their Bitcoin wallets and no longer supported digital currency payments, trying to distance themselves from Bitcoin.
What followed the collapse was a series of financial derivatives.
Once the existing encryption rules were confirmed to be unreliable, the impact on the credit-based financial market would be no less than the impact of quantum computers on Bitcoin.
With the stock market and bond market collapsing, the entire Wall Street was gloomy.
But come to think of it.
They were the ones who hyped up the threat across the Pacific Ocean all day long. They were also the ones who shifted their domestic conflicts to the other side. They were also the ones who blamed China's cyber warfare forces for cybersecurity issues.
Even though China didn't take the initiative to initiate an information war, there was no doubt that they had the ability to win this war.
The chaos caused by the panic was just the fulfillment of expectations.
This was the result of their own actions …
On the other hand, at the 20th Asia-Pacific Cyber Information Security Summit. Looking down from the stage, there was a sea of people.
Representatives from more than 20 countries, as well as dozens of non-profit international organizations and institutions, sat quietly in their seats, waiting for the conference to begin.
Even though the United States was absent from the conference like last time, they still had their seats on the conference table. They even had two bottles of mineral water.
On stage, Deputy Minister Yang from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology delivered a speech on "Creating Internet Information Security" and "Quantum Encryption and Quantum Communication".
Although just two days ago, most of the participants had a nonchalant expression on their faces, after experiencing the financial turmoil caused by the United States yesterday, almost everyone was on high alert. They listened attentively to Deputy Minister Yang's every word, afraid of missing any details.
The speech lasted for a full fifteen minutes, and it was finally time for the Q&A session.
Deputy Minister Yang stopped talking, looked around the conference room, and then gave the opportunity to ask questions to all the participants.
Soon, more than ten hands were raised in unison.
He chose a questioner at random in the front row and nodded to him that he might rise.
"Mr. Yang, does the quantum encryption algorithm mean that we can solve the security risks of quantum computers once and for all?"
The person who stood up to ask the question was the chairman of the International Information System Security Certification Alliance, Kleck. When he first arrived in Shanghai, he had been evaluating the risks that quantum computers might pose to the existing communication rules and financial order.
Changing the encryption algorithm was not an easy task for any country or organization.
If he had to change it, he had to at least figure out how long this algorithm could last.
"Unfortunately, the quantum encryption algorithm cannot permanently solve this problem. In essence, it is still a computational password, and it is not unconditionally secure. If it is a quantum computer with more than 2,000 qubits, it may only take one day to crack its password."
Deputy Minister Yang looked at the cautious Chairman Kleck and continued.
"If we want to solve this problem once and for all, we need unconditionally secure means of communication. In fact, the quantum submarine optical cable project we are promoting is for this purpose.
"As for the quantum encryption algorithm, its real significance is not to solve the problem once and for all, but to help us through the chaotic period brought about by technological change and buy time."
Chairman Kleck nodded and sat back thoughtfully.
Immediately afterward, the representative from the United Kingdom stood up and spoke in a skeptical tone.
"Why don't you strengthen the regulation of quantum computers? At least limit the scope of its use. Your country doesn't seem to have considered the impact that the sudden disclosure of such news may have on the existing Internet and financial order. Of course, I am absolutely not speculating that China is deliberately causing the current turmoil in the global financial market, but I think everyone has the same question … Haven't you thought about this? "
Although he said that he absolutely did not, the word "distrust" was written all over the British representative's face.
After hearing these words, whispers gradually spread in the conference room.
Yesterday's financial turmoil did not only occur in North America, but almost the entire world was affected, including China. However, relatively speaking, the impact on China was probably the smallest, even negligible.
After all, the A-share market had been lying there for a long time …
Faced with the question of the British representative and the questioning eyes of the attendees, Deputy Minister Yang smiled faintly and looked at him.
"We thought about it, but did we remind you?"
This sentence was said to the British representative, but it was also said to the attendees.
The moment he heard these words, the expression on the face of the British representative obviously froze, then a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face. The other participants also had embarrassed expressions on their faces, and they looked away from the face of Deputy Minister Yang who was standing on the stage.
It seems like …
They really did remind us.
However, none of them took it too seriously.
After all, no one expected everything to happen so suddenly. The originally half-dead quantum computer technology actually completed a key technical breakthrough in just a few months, and directly reached the peak of computing power.
524 qubits …
Even if all the supercomputers that weren't on the leaderboard were strung together into a string, they would still be trampled into the mud by it. If they knew that there was such a nutty technology, they would have worked hard to upgrade the encryption algorithm.
"As for your previous question," Deputy Minister Yang said with a faint smile after a pause, "In theory, this can be done in our country. In fact, we are doing it. You can rest assured about this."
Hearing these words, the British representative felt that the pressure on his shoulders was lifted, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, this Deputy Minister Yang gave him a way out of this embarrassing situation.
"We sincerely thank you for your efforts on this issue … At the same time, we also expect you to shoulder more responsibilities. Of course, we will also cooperate … "
After leaving a few pompous pleasantries, he quickly sat back down.
Then, the Japanese representative stood up.
As soon as he stood up, he couldn't wait to ask.
"Is your country considering exporting this technology? Or in any form of cooperation, allowing quantum computers to enter the market in a free form … "
The moment he asked this question, almost everyone in the room pricked up their ears.
Including the British representative, who had just sat down, he almost stood up again.
Deputy Minister Yang's expression didn't change much as he replied in a normal tone, "Not for the time being.
"Not for the time being. However, we don't restrict quantum computers from providing non-military computing services to offshore organizations and enterprises, such as through satellites or submarine optical cables. If your country is interested, our companies will be happy to discuss specific cooperation matters with your companies. "
Hearing this, the representative of Ri Nation had an awkward expression on his face.
Computing services provided by offshore servers …
If it was just a normal factory or small and medium-sized enterprise, it would be fine. However, for large enterprises like Canon, Mitsubishi, and Toyota, which were the lifelines of the national economy, as well as some laboratories involved in sensitive research, there was no way they would be comfortable connecting their core competencies to an overseas computer.
Deputy Minister Yang keenly saw the change in the Japanese representative's expression, so he didn't make any promises.
Instead, he smiled and said, "Of course, nothing is absolute. After we complete the Chinese information technology industry reform, perhaps China's semiconductor companies will consider their own development needs and expand into foreign markets. Of course, this is purely market behavior, we will not interfere, we will even encourage them to do so! "
Hearing this, many people in the conference room tried their best to resist the urge to roll their eyes.
Purely market behavior?
Haha.
Who are you kidding?
However, even though they knew this, there was nothing they could do.
If you fell behind, you would be beaten. This had been the truth since ancient times. Just like with controllable nuclear fusion, a small nuclear core turned countless robbers into bootlickers.
Even the Americans, who had always been arrogant, had to compromise on certain issues, especially when faced with Star Sky Technology's patent hooliganism. They could only watch as Star Sky Technology went crazy. In the end, they asked if East Asia Energy's express delivery could be faster. The Los Angeles fusion reactor had been waiting for too long …
As soon as the representative from Ri Nation sat down, before the next representative stood up to speak, the door of the conference room next door suddenly opened.
The participants in the conference room all turned around with a surprised look on their faces.
There was no need to guess who came in.
There were only two empty seats and two unopened bottles of mineral water in the conference room.
Deputy Minister Yang looked at the American representative who walked into the conference room and sat down. He paused for a second before a playful smile appeared on his face.
Didn't you say you wouldn't come?
How come you're so good already?
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