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France is drawing a hard line on encryption. Starting in two thousand twenty seven, French cybersecurity authorities will stop certifying any security product that lacks quantum-resistant encryption. The move signals growing anxiety about Bitcoin and legacy systems becoming vulnerable as quantum computing matures — and it puts pressure on governments worldwide to follow suit.
On a more hopeful note, a landmark study out this week confirms that HPV vaccination has cut the risk of dying from cervical cancer before the age of thirty to nearly zero. That is not a rounding error — that is one of the clearest demonstrations of a vaccine working exactly as promised, and a reminder that public health infrastructure, much like digital infrastructure, only works when people trust it enough to use it.
And from the world of security research, a sobering story out of FIFA. A researcher discovered a basic authentication flaw that granted access to internal FIFA systems — including, remarkably, the ability to hijack World Cup television streams. The researcher put it plainly: an attacker could have rickrolled the entire World Cup. The flaw has been patched, but the episode underscores how high-profile events remain irresistible targets.
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