Your Files Are Already Stolen – Quantum Just Needs Time

The Attack Has Already Begun

Right now, 16 November 2025, state actors are actively harvesting your encrypted cloud backups, emails, and traffic. They can’t break RSA or ECC yet, so they store everything on ice. When quantum computers arrive around 2030–2035, Shor’s algorithm will unlock it all in minutes. Your tax returns, medical records, intimate photos, everything you’ve ever uploaded, is already captured. The breach isn’t coming. It’s done. We’re just waiting for the future to read it.

You use encrypted cloud storage. You think your files are safe.

You’re wrong.

Not because of hackers today, but because of quantum computers in 5–10 years.

And the scariest part? The attack has already started.

What Is “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later”?

Definition: Adversaries (nation-states, cybercriminals, intelligence agencies) intercept and store encrypted data today, with the intent to decrypt it later using quantum computers.

Real-World Targets

• Medical records with DNA data
• Corporate M&A documents
• Diplomatic cables
• Your personal cloud backups (taxes, photos, passwords)

“Hence, if data has to remain confidential for 10 years, organizations need to start using quantum-secure mechanisms today to guarantee future confidentiality.”

• EY (Ernst & Young) quantum security publication, October 2025

The Quantum Hammer: Shor’s Algorithm

Bottom line:
PublicKEY encryption (RSA, ECC) dies instantly with Shor. Your private keys, TLS certificates, and digital signatures from the past 20+ years become retroactively exposed. Symmetric encryption (AES-256) survives but takes a serious hit. The clock is ticking.

Quantum Progress: The Clock Is Ticking

The quantum countdown is accelerating, faster than most people realize.

Bottom line:
We are already past the “it’s decades away” phase.
The first organizations that need 10+ year secrecy (governments, banks, healthcare, you) are already out of time.

Your data isn’t safe in 2035.
It stopped being safe the day they started harvesting it.

Who’s at Risk? (Spoiler: Everyone)

• Individuals
  Tax docs, health records, family photos, exposed in 2035 (even before).

• Businesses
  Trade secrets, contracts, customer data, corporate espionage fuel.

• Governments
  Classified data harvested via undersea cables and cloud leaks.

Ellipticc Drive: Built for the Post-Quantum World

We didn’t wait for NIST. We didn’t wait for 2035.

We shipped PQC on day one.

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// Ellipticc Drive: Key encapsulation with Kyber-768
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import { kyber768 } from '@noble/post-quantum/ml-kem'
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const { publicKey, privateKey } = await kyber768.keypair()
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const { sharedSecret, ciphertext } = await kyber768.encapsulate(serverPublicKey)
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// -> Your file key is quantum-resistant
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const fileKey = await deriveFileKey(sharedSecret, fileId)
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// Encrypt file with XChaCha20-Poly1305
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const encryptedFile = await xchacha20_poly1305(fileKey, plaintextFile)

All encryption happens on your device.
We never see your keys. We can’t read your files, even if quantum breaks in.

Head-to-Head: Ellipticc vs. The Giants

Act Now: 3 Steps to Quantum-Proof Your Files

1. Stop using vulnerable drives
Dropbox, Google, OneDrive, iCloud, all use RSA/ECC.

2. Move to Ellipticc Drive
10 GB free, quantum-safe, open-source.

3. Enable 2FA + secure sharing
Password-protected links with expiry.

The Clock Is Ticking

“The time to migrate to post-quantum cryptography is now, not in 2035.”

• NIST, FIPS 203 & 204, August 2024

Ellipticc Drive isn’t just encrypted.
It’s future-proof.

“Privacy means protecting users from today’s threats and tomorrow’s quantum breakthroughs. We’re committed to open-source security that never compromises on trust.”
- The Ellipticc Team