Does Terra Quantum AG break AES and Hash Algorithms?
The onus is on the company to prove their claims, especially when they are extreme. There is also no financial motivation to not prove their claims. I can understand if they say that they want to keep their new &quot;unbreakable algorithm&quot; secret until they patent it, but what reason in the world would there be to not present a break? This is especially the case since it's not something that can be utilized now. Unless, that is, they claim that they can break AES using today's quantum machines in which case I really have to hold back from writing expletives.
In short, this has all of the smell of snake oil with all the motivations of a company trying to get a lot of press and attention, and doing damage while they are at it. It's unfortunate that people don't think that they can make money while keeping their basic ethics.
Of course, one could argue that how can I make this judgment without having seen the details. I guess I'm old enough to not care to be wrong with a 1 in a $2^{40}$ chance. (I just made up that probability but without publishing how I got to it, I guess that no one can challenge me.)