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White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto

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Feed Name: Ars Technica Security (category)

Date Published: 2026-06-23

Date Updated: 2026-06-24

Author: Dan Goodin

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The White House issued an executive order requiring systems protecting high-value and high-impact assets to adopt post‑quantum cryptographic key establishment by December 31, 2030 and quantum‑safe digital signatures by December 31, 2031, accelerating previous timelines due to advances in quantum computing and concerns that adversaries could collect and decrypt sensitive data in the future.

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