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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGP_hijacking#Public_incidents

A long-term tactic of our adversaries is to capture network traffic for later decryption. The secrets in the mass of packets China assumedly has in storage, waiting for quantum tech, is a treasure trove that could lead to crucial state, corporate, and financial secrets being used against us or made public.

AI being able to leverage quantum processing power is a threat we can't even fathom right now.

Our world is going to change.