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What It Takes to Stop the Next Salt Typhoon

Nearly a year after U.S. agencies identified one of the most severe cyber breaches of U.S. telecommunications companies, domestic cybersecurity is weaker, not stronger. In September 2024, media reports confirmed that Salt Typhoon, a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-backed cyber group, infiltrated nine major telecommunications providers, compromising data from thousands of users, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and associates of former Vice President Kamala Harris.

July 15, 2025 | Morgan Peirce

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The Security Stakes in the Global Quantum Race

The quantum era is around the corner. Major tech companies are announcing impressive breakthroughs in quantum advantage, quantum error correction, and quantum networking. Competing quantum chips are also reaching new heights, from IBM’s Condor breaking the 1,000-qubit barrier in December 2023 signaling the ability to dramatically expand computational power, to Google’s Willow, presented in December 2024, and Microsoft’s Majorana 1  announcement in February 2025 – a breakthrough that remains contested.

July 15, 2025 | Argyri Panezi