Every second the world is losing more than 300,000 dollars due to cyber attacks. In this situation, the technicians are fighting to prevent hacking. For this, researchers are working day and night to introduce modern quantum networks in place of conventional classical networks. And the United Kingdom claims that it is moving ahead with research from the idea of leading this work.
Hackers have targeted all the famous organizations of the world, including the financial, security and technology sectors. Starting with money, important information is stolen. This is how cyber crime is becoming unstoppable globally.
Statistics say that in 2015, the loss of the world due to hacker attacks was 300 million dollars. However, by the end of 2024, it is feared that it may reach 9.5 billion dollars. In addition, Cyber Security Ventures predicts that the amount of damage may increase to 10.5 million dollars in 2025.
According to the agency, cybercrime losses are increasing at a rate of 15 percent annually. If the sector is considered as a country, cybercrime would be the world’s third largest economy after the US and China. In this situation, researchers believe that quantum network is more secure than conventional classical internet.
British researcher Professor Charlotte Dean said, ‘Programming a quantum computer is completely different from classical computer programming. But there is nothing magical about it. It is useful for us. Can work quickly and solve a variety of problems. At the same time much safer.’
In this case, a group of researchers in Scotland is moving forward in the hope of leading the fight against hacking or cybercrime. The government has invested £160 million in building the National Quantum Network Core in their move. UK wants to revolutionize data security through this.
Researcher Professor Gerald Buller said, ‘I described the quantum internet in terms of security. which could safely connect quantum computers to provide incredibly powerful computing power. AI can certainly play a role here.’
UK quantum hubs are claimed to be significant milestones for themselves as well as the world. Because through this it will be possible to reduce the damage caused by cyber crime.
Professor Charlotte Dean said, ‘If you ask me to imagine, will there be a quantum computer in the house in the next five years? I will say no. But I don’t want to say that it will never happen. Because we are trying to improve these things. But it’s too complicated for now. We’re at a point where we’re exploring different ways to build a very successful quantum computer.’
Cybercrime costs the UK at least £27 billion a year. In this situation, they are moving towards leading the world in cyber crime control. To this end, the UK wants to build a strong position in the quantum-enabled economy by 2035. This sector wants to increase related industry and employment.