"Quantum Computing's Threat to Public-key Cryptosystems"

There are concerns pertaining to what will be done about current public-key encryption when commercially viable quantum computers are fully available. Concerns arise from future quantum computing being able to break the current most popular public-key cryptosystem, which uses the RSA algorithm. This article discusses the announcement of a competition by NIST to encourage the development of quantum-resistant public-key cryptography and a proposed new cryptosystem that uses Mersenne numbers. 

SecurityWeek reports "Quantum Computing's Threat to Public-key Cryptosystems"