Ubuntu forums hacked -- encrypted passwords copied

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Zbigniew Koziol <softquake-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Wired reports on what some call the first quantum computer. It uses 512
| qubits, hence, it stores 2^512 bits of information. It is based on
| superconducting cells, hence it must be cooled well and therefore does not fit
| on your desktop.
| 
| Soon any encrypted messages, either private or government could be decrypted
| in a second ?

The D-Wave isn't a "conventional" quantum computer.  If you google,
you will see that some question whether it is even a quantum computer.
In any case, as far as I know, it isn't good at factoring.

All other announced quantum computers that have been built have fewer
than a dozen qubits, as far as I remember.

If I were the NSA and I had an effective cracking device, I would not
announce it.

Note: I'm by no means an expert in this.  I haven't yet read the Wired
article.
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