Two brothers in Singapore have started a company to stop this from happening.

Lim Meng Liang and his brother Ken Lin started Aires Applied Quantum Technology in 2023. They want to sell encryption that can withstand quantum computer attacks. Their method is based on math problems that no algorithm can fully solve.

Lim studied applied mathematics and runs his own investment firm. He specializes in Diophantine equations, which are polynomial equations that mathematicians try to solve with whole numbers.

These equations are not just unsolvable, but also have a deeper property: there is no general way to decide if they have whole-number solutions. This property makes them useful for encrypting data.

The fact that these equations are undecidable is what Lim uses to scramble data.

In 2022, Lim got a US patent for his encryption method. It combines the undecidability of Diophantine equations with artificial intelligence to create unbreakable codes.

The company says its approach is one of the first to use undecidable encryption with AI.

A researcher is working on a quantum computer in New York. These machines are expected to break current encryption methods soon.

Lim could have just kept his patent, but he decided to start a company with his brother.

Lin quit his finance job to join his brother. They have different last names because of a mistake on Lin's birth certificate.

The threat of quantum computers breaking encryption is real, but it has not happened yet.

Google researchers found that a quantum computer with fewer than a million qubits could break a common encryption standard in just a week.

IBM plans to deliver its first large-scale quantum computer by 2029.

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has set standards for post-quantum encryption and urged organizations to retire vulnerable encryption by 2035.

Lin says that a standard computer may take 1,000 years to crack current encryption, but a quantum computer can do it in just two days.

The company claims that its Diophantine-based encryption is unbreakable, but this has not been proven.

Other encryption methods, such as lattice- and hash-based schemes, have been adopted as standards.

Aires is selling its encryption app, LionGuard, which encrypts files and networks.

LionGuard is still in beta, but it has over 100 subscribers across various industries.

Aires has raised over $2 million from investors and is planning to list on a stock exchange.

The Singapore government has committed to spending billions on research and innovation, including quantum technology.

Another company, Horizon Quantum, has deployed a commercial quantum computer in Singapore.

When Aires first started, people confused quantum cryptography with cryptocurrency.

Now, organizations are asking practical questions about integration and deployment.