Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers

Scientific advance leads to a new tool in the fight against hackers

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220428125430.htm

People have used codes and encryption to protect information from falling into the wrong hands for thousands of years. Today, encryption is widely used to protect our digital activity from hackers and cybercriminals who assume false identities and exploit the internet and our increasing number of digital devices to steal from us.

As such, there is an ever-growing need for new security measures to detect hackers posing as our banks or other trusted institutions. Within this realm, researchers from the University of Copenhagen's Department of Mathematical Sciences have just made a giant leap.