Europol and US GAO Urge Faster Move to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Europol and the US GAO released reports warning of quantum threats to encryption. The GAO issued 89 recommendations to 23 agencies on inventorying vulnerable cryptography and funding PQC, but none of the 24 agencies met all three core requirements. Europol flagged harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks and risks to crypto wallets.

• GAO: 89 recommendations to 23 agencies, none met all three requirements
• Google previously predicted Q-day could arrive as soon as 2029
• Europol advises upgrading to TLS 1.3 and SSH2 and disabling legacy protocols
• Europol: crypto won't collapse, but wallets need a phased PQC transition