China’s quantum satellite could potentially be hacked due to tiny delays between its onboard lasers that could be exploited by eavesdroppers in an attack, a former Russia-based quantum researcher who is now working in Singapore has warned.
The tiny delays could provide “ample opportunities” to hack Micius, the world’s first quantum satellite, whose performance is key to expanding China’s quantum communication network.
Quantum communication is a form of information transfer that relies on quantum…