The Asia-Pacific Cybersecurity Summit came to a close, and the conference passed a resolution establishing a new international encryption algorithm standard.
Under this standard, communications authorities in various countries would upgrade systems with potential security risks—such as finance and the Internet—according to their own needs, replacing them with safer Quantum Encryption Algorithms.
Of course, the vast majority of countries simply copied the QS2000 Encryption Algorithm proposed by Hua Nation.
After all, both this thing and quantum computers had been developed by Professor Lu. Probably no one understood better than him how to defend against cyberattacks launched by quantum computers.
Besides, no matter how one looked at it, Professor Lu's achievements in Mathematics were still a little greater than his achievements in Physics.
Even if it was merely for peace of mind, it was better than having nothing.
California, North America.
At SubCom headquarters, a board meeting was about to begin.
After entering the conference room and taking his seat, CEO Marcati wore a face as dark as water. There was not the slightest trace of ease in his expression. Even though he tried to make himself look more composed in the face of the current situation, he simply could not manage it.
The recent situation had been terrible.
The No. 3 Asia-Pacific Cable project had failed. The company's stock price had fallen continuously, and its profits had failed to meet expectations. Although part of this was caused by the external environment, what could not be ignored was that the board could not see even the slightest chance of turning things around.
Especially since East Asia Communications had completed its merger and restructuring of domestic communications companies and was now charging aggressively into the international market.
Without a doubt, these industry giants that had monopolized the market for decades were facing