As I have said before the prospect of incredibly powerful quantum computers, that could break the encryption that we all currently depend on, was a hot subject of discussion during my Masters course. But as Bruce Schneier shows us today it is along way in the future.
Breaking 256-bit Elliptic Curve Encryption with a Quantum Computer – Schneier on Security
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles