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The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published a study rating possible attacks against Quantum Key Distribution QKD systems in a comprehensive study (in English) reviewing over 300 relevant research papers. They found 49 possible attack paths and 9 vulnerabilities with a total of 18 potential counter-measures. The complexity of executing most of these falls into the category "moderate" (26), meaning a real possible threat, with 13 in "high" and the rest in "basic" and "beyond high". The main contributors (out of factors such as time, money, expertise, equipment needed) to these ratings are the facts that in most cases, an expertise ranging [...]

InfleqtionInfleqtion has issued a press release announcing the addition of a new Senior Vice-President of Business Development, a Chief Marketing Officer, a Global Vice-President of Manufacturing, and three additional members to its Board of Directors. Brent Schwarz has joined the company as SVP of Business Development responsible for driving enterprise adoption of Infleqtion's technologies. Previously, he held positions at Luminar Technologies, a company providing LIDAR sensors and has other experience at Uber Advanced Technologies Group, Otto, Tyto LIDAR, Velodyne LIDAR, Magellan Navigation, and Intel. Julie McGee is now the Chief Marketing Officer responsible for global brands, go-to-market strategy, and strategic communications. [...]

PASQAL, a prominent French quantum computing company specializing in ordered neutral atom processors, has joined forces with Mila, a leading AI research institute, to enhance generative modeling in Quantum AI. The collaboration aims to leverage quantum benchmarking and tensor networks, exploring the intersection between quantum computing and machine learning. PASQAL's quantum application engineer, Slimane Thabet, will work with Mila Professor Guillaume Rabusseau's team on a one-year research plan focused on deepening the understanding of quantum concepts and structured data generation. The partnership seeks to contribute to the advancement of AI and quantum innovation by developing novel generative models. Guillaume Rabusseau, Assistant [...]

Conceptual Diagram of How Magic State Distillation can Start with a Very Noisy State and Run It Through Multiple Rounds of Distillation to End Up with a Near Perfect State. Credit: IBM With all the ongoing research into error correction for fault tolerant computers, one thing that hasn't be achieved yet is to demonstrate error correction that works with a universal gate set. If one can implement a universal gate set, then, at least theoretically, a quantum computer can process any quantum algorithm that is available. Much of the research so far has only worked with a limited set of quantum [...]

Entrust has unveiled its Post-Quantum Ready PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS PQ) platform, marking the first commercially available solution of its kind. The cloud-based PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) platform offers both composite and pure quantum-safe certificate authority hierarchies, empowering enterprises to explore and implement quantum-resistant scenarios and infrastructure. Greg Wetmore, Vice President, Software Development at Entrust, emphasized the urgency of preparing for the quantum threat, urging organizations to formulate Post-Quantum (PQ) migration strategies and adopt tools for testing and transitioning to quantum-safe security. The Entrust PKIaaS, leveraging over 25 years of expertise, simplifies enterprise PKI implementation with pre-built use cases, including WSTEP, ACME, SCEP, [...]