<ul><li>Chinese researchers claim to have used a 5,760-qubit quantum computer to break RSA encryption.</li><li>However, the RSA encryption they broke was using a 50-bit integer, while modern encryption technologies use much larger integers (1024-2048 bits).</li><li>The study confirms the potential of quantum computers to decrypt modern encryption technologies in the future.</li><li>Scientists are also working on post-quantum cryptography technologies as a response to the future impact of quantum computers on encryption security.</li></ul>

Chinese scientists claim they broke RSA encryption with a quantum computer — but there's a catch

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