Chapter 1201 The Inescapable Fragrance

It wasn't just Baruch who fainted.

Over the course of a single day, the heart attack rate on the island of Manhattan rose by almost ten percent.

The gloomy stock market fell through the last psychological defense line like a waterfall, just like people's pessimistic expectations for the North American economy.

The chain effect caused by this soon swept the global financial market, pushing dominoes from the Pacific Ocean all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, and then transmitted from the stock market to the futures market...

What does it mean once the existing cryptographic system fails?

This is not as simple as the risk of password theft and bank runs.

It means that all financial products will lose their guarantee due to the failure of a series of algorithms such as RSA.

The digital cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin were the first to be impacted. The online merchant platforms that originally opened Bitcoin payment channels have closed their interfaces to Bitcoin wallets, no longer supporting digital currency payments, and trying to clear the relationship.

And the crash that followed was a series of financial derivative products.

Once the existing encryption rules are confirmed to be unreliable, the impact on the credit-based financial market is no less than the impact of quantum computers on Bitcoin.

In the context of the double killing of the stock market and the bond market, the entire Wall Street is gloomy.

But then again.

They are the ones who hype up the threat from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, they are the ones who transfer their domestic conflicts to that side, and they are the ones who blame the cyber security issue.

The chaos under the panic is nothing but the fulfillment of expectations.

And this, can be regarded as self-eating evil results...

At the same time, at the scene of the 20th Asia-Pacific Network Information Security Summit, looking from the stage to the audience, it was crowded with 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 meeting to start.

Although the US side was absent from the meeting as last time, their seats were still reserved on the conference table, and two bottles of mineral water were even placed on it.

Standing in front of the stage, he delivered a speech on "Creating Internet Information Security Together" and "Quantum Encryption Algorithm and Quantum Communication".

Although just two days ago, most of the attendees had casual expressions on their faces, but after experiencing the financial turmoil caused by the United States yesterday, almost everyone cheered up , listening attentively to every word this Mr. Yang said, afraid of missing every detail.

The speech lasted for a full fifteen minutes, and finally came the Q&A session.

Mr. Yang stopped talking, looked around the stepped meeting room, and then gave the opportunity to ask questions to all the participants.

Soon, dozens of hands were raised together.

He randomly picked a questioner in the front row, nodded to him, and signaled that he could stand up and ask questions.

"Mr. Yang, does the quantum encryption algorithm mean that we can solve the security risks brought by quantum computers once and for all?"

The one who stood up to ask the question was Clerk, the chairman of the International Information System Security Certification Alliance. As early as when he first arrived in Shanghai, he was evaluating the risks that quantum computers might pose to the existing communication rules and financial order.

Changing encryption algorithms is not an easy task, for any country and organization.

If he must change it, he must at least figure out how long this algorithm can last.

"Unfortunately, the quantum encryption algorithm cannot permanently solve this problem. In essence, it is still a computational cipher, and it is not unconditionally safe. If it is a quantum computer with more than 2000 qubits, it may only take one day to crack the cipher. "

Looking at the cautious Chairman Clerk, Mr. Yang continued.

"To really solve this problem once and for all, what we need is an unconditionally secure means of communication. In fact, the quantum submarine cable project we are advancing is exactly for this purpose."

"As for the quantum encryption algorithm, its real significance is not to solve any problem once and for all, but to help us overcome the chaotic period brought about by technological change and buy time."

Hearing this reply, Chairman Clerk nodded and sat back thoughtfully.

Immediately afterwards, the representative from the UK stood up and said in a suspicious tone.

"Why don't you strengthen the supervision of quantum computers? At least limit the scope of its use. Your country seems to have never considered the possible impact of sudden publicity on the existing Internet and financial order. Of course, I have absolutely no I am speculating on the current turbulent situation in the global financial market, but I think everyone will have such a question... Haven't you considered that it will become like this?"

Although he said absolutely nothing, the British representative almost didn't write the word distrust on his face.

After hearing these words, whispers gradually spread in the meeting room.

Yesterday's financial turmoil didn't just happen in North America, almost the whole world was affected.

After all, the A-shares have been lying there all along, and they haven't gotten up much at first...

Facing the question from the British representative and the eyes of all the participants, Mr. Yang smiled faintly, looked at him and said.

"Considered it, but did we warn you?"

This sentence was addressed to the representatives of the United Kingdom, but also to all the participants.

The moment he heard these words, the expression on the British representative's face obviously froze, and then a hint of embarrassment appeared. Embarrassed expressions appeared on the faces of the other participants, and they turned their eyes away from the face of Mr. Yang standing on the stage.

like……

Really reminded.

It's just that none of them took it too seriously.

After all, no one expected that everything would come so suddenly, that the half-dead quantum computer technology would have achieved breakthroughs in key technologies in just a few months, and its computing power has reached its stomach in one step.

524 qubits...

This is like adding up all the supercomputers that are not on the list and strung them into a string, and they will all have to be trampled into the dirt by it. If they knew that there was such a powerful technology, how could they not update the encryption algorithm desperately.

"As for your previous question," Mr. Yang said with a faint smile after a short pause, "in theory, this can indeed be done in our country, and in fact we are doing it, so you can rest assured."

Hearing this sentence, the British representative felt that most of the pressure on his shoulders had been relieved, and he was finally relieved.

Fortunately, this Mr. Yang gave him a step down.

"We sincerely appreciate 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 two high-sounding polite words, he quickly sat back.

Immediately afterwards, the representative of Japan stood up.

As soon as he stood up, he couldn't wait to ask.

"Would you consider exporting this technology? Or any form of cooperation that would allow quantum computers to enter the market in a free form..."

The moment he asked this question, almost everyone on the scene pricked up their ears.

Including the British representative who had just sat down before, he almost stood up again without a knee jerk reflex.

Facing the eager eyes of the audience, Mr. Yang replied in a normal tone without changing his expression much.

"Not for the time being, but we do not restrict quantum computers from providing computing services for non-military purposes to offshore organizations and enterprises, such as docking via satellites or special lines of submarine optical cables. If your country is interested, our enterprises must I am happy to discuss specific cooperation matters with your company.”

Hearing this sentence, the representative of Japan showed a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face.

Computing services provided by offshore servers...

It would be fine if it was just an ordinary factory or a small and medium-sized enterprise. However, for large enterprises such as Canon, Mitsubishi, and Toyota, which are related to the lifeline of the national economy, and some laboratories involved in sensitive research, how can they safely put their own The core competencies are accessed on a computer located outside the country.

Sensitively seeing through the expression changes on the Japanese representative's face, Mr. Yang didn't say anything dead, and said with a smile.

"...Of course, nothing is absolute. After we complete the reform of the domestic information industry, maybe Huaguo's semiconductor companies will consider their own development needs and open up foreign markets. Of course, this is purely market behavior, and we will not interfere, and even encourage them to do so!"

Hearing this sentence, many people in the conference room took a lot of effort to resist the urge to roll their eyes.

Pure market behavior?

hehe.

Liar!

However, even if they knew this in their hearts, they couldn't do anything about it.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This has been true since ancient times. Just like the current controllable nuclear fusion, a small core turned countless vicious robbers into licking dogs.

Even the Yankees, who have always been proud and arrogant, had to make compromises on certain issues, especially in the face of Xingkong Technology's patent hooliganism. They had no choice but to watch them do it on top of their own high-tech companies. Crazy output, and finally I would like to ask if the express delivery of East Asia Power can be faster, the fusion reactor in Los Angeles has been waiting for too long...

The representative of Japan had just sat down, and before the next representative stood up to speak, the door at the back of the next meeting room suddenly opened.

The participants in the stepped meeting room turned their heads one after another, with surprised expressions on their faces.

There is no need to guess who is coming in.

There were only two empty seats and two unopened bottles of mineral water left in the conference room.

Looking at the US representative who walked into the venue and sat down at the conference table with a gloomy face, Mr. Yang was slightly taken aback, and then a playful smile appeared on his face.

Didn't you say you won't come?

Why is it so delicious?