Japan urges banks to block hackers with 'post-quantum' tech

FSA tells lenders to prepare for cyberattacks staged by quantum computers

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Cyberattacks against Japanese banks nearly tripled last year to 1.09 billion. (Akira Kodaka)

TAKAKO GAKUTO

TOKYO -- Japan's financial regulator wants domestic banks to adopt next-generation encryption technology to safeguard against hackers and cyberattacks using quantum computers, which are expected to emerge in the middle of the next decade, Nikkei has learned.

The Financial Services Agency is instructing lenders to take immediate action begin shifting to post-quantum cryptography as their cybersecurity tool. The banks are to develop plans, with management involved in those projects.

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