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Quantum Technology: Driving Commercialisation of an Enabling Science

Multi-photon and side-channel attacks in mistrustful quantum cryptography

Damián Pitalúa-García, Mathieu Bozzio, Adrien Cavaillès, Eleni Diamanti, Adrian Kent

Published Oct 6, 2021• 4 citations
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Abstract

New types of attacks on practical implementations of mistrustful quantum cryptographic schemes are identified, showing that countermeasures previously believed to ensure security in fact can leave schemes completely vulnerable.
DOI
10.1117/12.2599040

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