Quantum computing is on the rise. 2024 saw new chips from IBM (Heron) and Google (Willow), as well as an increase in the number of systems and cubits available to programmers. Unfortunately in consequence bad actors are now also capable of utilizing quantum computers to do mischief. Since the majority of legal certificates and documents are now held digitally, rather than pieces of paper held in safes, we may be subject to a new, even more serious, cyber attacks. Imagine being told that you house doesn’t belong to you because someone managed to access and change the ownership of your deeds. In 2025 I expect that there will be a number of publicized thefts of heavily encrypted data sets through the use of quantum computing by criminals. As a result I expect many large organizations to invest in new ‘quantum-safe’ encryption.