Curated post-quantum cryptography news. Every item links to the original source.https://pqcportal.com/https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/10/16/transition-post-quantum-cryptography-national-eu-roadmap-guideline/https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/10/16/transition-post-quantum-cryptography-national-eu-roadmap-guideline/BMI, BMDS and BSI jointly issued Germany's implementation guideline for the EU PQC roadmap, recommending high-risk systems finish migrating by end-2030 and the wider transition be largely done by 2035. (Source: The Quantum Insider)Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Quantum InsiderpolicyGermanyBSIEUMigrationhttps://northeasttimes.com/2026/10/07/europol-warns-crypto-wallets-not-blockchains-are-exposed-to-future-quantum/https://northeasttimes.com/2026/10/07/europol-warns-crypto-wallets-not-blockchains-are-exposed-to-future-quantum/Europol's Cybercrime Centre says wallets whose public keys are already visible on-chain are the primary point of exposure, while Bitcoin's SHA-256 hashing is considered largely quantum-resistant. (Source: Northeast Times)Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNortheast TimesthreatEuropolCryptocurrencySignatureshttps://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Harvest-now-decrypt-later.pdfhttps://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Harvest-now-decrypt-later.pdfProduced with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the report looks at exposure in TLS, SSH and OpenPGP, rates governments as high risk, and found no clear evidence of large-scale harvesting yet. (Source: Europol)Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEuropolthreatEuropolHNDLTLSSSHhttps://www.eweek.com/news/gao-post-quantum-cryptography-federal-agencies/https://www.eweek.com/news/gao-post-quantum-cryptography-federal-agencies/The public version of GAO-27-108740 found gaps in cryptographic inventories, cost estimates and algorithm testing across all CFO Act agencies, weeks before migration plans are due to OMB. (Source: eWeek)Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTeWeekpolicyUnited StatesGAOInventoryhttps://cms.law/en/che/legal-updates/finma-guidance-warns-swiss-financial-institutions-should-prepare-for-post-quantum-cyber-riskshttps://cms.law/en/che/legal-updates/finma-guidance-warns-swiss-financial-institutions-should-prepare-for-post-quantum-cyber-risksGuidance 05/2026, based on a survey of 60 institutions, sets the expectation that supervised firms have a post-quantum roadmap in place by mid-2027 at the latest. (Source: CMS)Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCMSpolicySwitzerlandFINMAFinanceRegulatorhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-eo-2026/https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-eo-2026/EO 14412, signed 22 June 2026, sets post-quantum key establishment for the most sensitive federal systems by end-2030 and signatures by end-2031, ahead of the earlier 2035 target. (Source: Cloudflare Blog)Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCloudflare BlogpolicyUnited StatesExecutive OrderDeadlineshttps://www.regulationasia.com/articles/taiwan-issues-landmark-post-quantum-cryptography-migration-guidehttps://www.regulationasia.com/articles/taiwan-issues-landmark-post-quantum-cryptography-migration-guideThe phased reference guide names 'harvest now, decrypt later' and 'trust now, forge later' risks and lists priorities including a cryptographic bill of materials and crypto-agility. (Source: Regulation Asia)Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTRegulation AsiapolicyTaiwanFinanceRegulatorCBOMhttps://letsencrypt.org/2026/06/03/pq-certs.htmlhttps://letsencrypt.org/2026/06/03/pq-certs.htmlThe CA plans a staging environment in late 2026 and production in 2027, while still tracking ML-DSA X.509 certificates. Existing certificates are unaffected. (Source: Let's Encrypt)Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTLet's EncryptcertificatesLet's EncryptMTCWebPKIML-DSAhttps://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-02-27-radar-pq-key-transparency/https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-02-27-radar-pq-key-transparency/New Radar data shows how much traffic, including connections to origin servers, is already protected by post-quantum key exchange. (Source: Cloudflare Docs)Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTCloudflare DocsindustryCloudflareMeasurementTLShttps://www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizia/the-g7-cyber-expert-group-publishes-the-roadmap-for-the-transition-of-the-financial-sector-to-post-quantum-cryptography/https://www.bancaditalia.it/media/notizia/the-g7-cyber-expert-group-publishes-the-roadmap-for-the-transition-of-the-financial-sector-to-post-quantum-cryptography/The non-binding roadmap suggests migrating critical systems in the 2030–2032 window and completing non-critical systems by around 2035. (Source: Banca d'Italia)Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTBanca d'ItaliapolicyG7FinanceRoadmaphttps://blog.cloudflare.com/bootstrap-mtc/https://blog.cloudflare.com/bootstrap-mtc/The experiment tests whether quantum-ready certificates can scale without slowing handshakes or changing WebPKI trust relationships. (Source: Cloudflare Blog)Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTCloudflare BlogcertificatesCloudflareChromeMTCWebPKIhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9881/https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9881/The Standards Track RFC from the IETF LAMPS group specifies algorithm identifiers for ML-DSA-44, -65 and -87 in certificates and CRLs. (Source: RFC Editor)Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTRFC EditorstandardsIETFML-DSAX.509RFChttps://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/09/recommendations-key-encapsulation-mechanisms-nist-publishes-sp-800-227https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/09/recommendations-key-encapsulation-mechanisms-nist-publishes-sp-800-227The final guidance explains how to use KEMs such as ML-KEM securely in protocols, replacing the initial public draft from January 2025. (Source: NIST)Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTNISTstandardsNISTKEMML-KEMhttps://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/coordinated-implementation-roadmap-transition-post-quantum-cryptographyhttps://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/coordinated-implementation-roadmap-transition-post-quantum-cryptographyDeveloped by the NIS Cooperation Group, the roadmap asks member states to start the transition by end-2026, finish high-risk use cases by end-2030 and as much as feasible by 2035. (Source: European Commission)Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTEuropean CommissionpolicyEURoadmapDeadlineshttps://thequantuminsider.com/2025/05/24/google-researcher-lowers-quantum-bar-to-crack-rsa-encryption/https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/05/24/google-researcher-lowers-quantum-bar-to-crack-rsa-encryption/Craig Gidney's new estimate cuts the 2019 figure of about 20 million qubits to fewer than one million, running for under a week, under the same hardware assumptions. (Source: The Quantum Insider)Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe Quantum InsiderresearchGoogleRSAShorQ-Dayhttps://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/03/nist-selects-hqc-fifth-algorithm-post-quantum-encryptionhttps://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/03/nist-selects-hqc-fifth-algorithm-post-quantum-encryptionHQC, based on error-correcting codes, will back up ML-KEM with different math. NIST plans a draft standard for public comment, then a final version. (Source: NIST)Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTNISTstandardsNISTHQCKEM