McAfees chief technology officer: Start protecting against quantum computing hacks now https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/25/mcafee-start-protecting-against-quantum-computing-hacks-now/ McAfees chief technology officer warned that its time for companies to start worrying about quantum computing attacks that can break common forms of encryption available today, even if quantum computing isnt going to be practical for a while. Grobman said. Now I know what you are thinking: Quantum is not coming anytime soon. But we cant think of quantum in terms of eventually or tomorrow." We need quantum-resistant algorithms as soon as possible, Grobman said.