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Urgent Action Needed Against Harvest-Now Decrypt-Later Attacks
Federal cybersecurity professionals are confronting a compounding crisis as AI-driven attacks intensify and the quantum computing deadline draws near. The harvest-now, decrypt-later strategy poses an existential threat to federal data, with adversaries collecting encrypted information for future exploitation. Post-quantum cryptography offers a solution, but its implementation requires sustained institutional expertise and centralized coordination. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s diminished capacity may hinder the migration process, according to Federal News Network.