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Why the Targets in the Press Release Don't Match the Official Rules for the DOE's $215 Million Quantum Genesis Competition
Quantum2026.09.22

Why the Targets in the Press Release Don't Match the Official Rules for the DOE's $215 Million Quantum Genesis Competition

$215 million, a 2028 deadline, and a press release quoting a different number than the actual competition rules.

Basestone Security Research Team

Why the Targets in the Press Release Don't Match the Official Rules for the DOE's $215 Million Quantum Genesis Competition
Quantum2026.09.22

Why the Targets in the Press Release Don't Match the Official Rules for the DOE's $215 Million Quantum Genesis Competition

$215 million, a 2028 deadline, and a press release quoting a different number than the actual competition rules.

Basestone Security Research Team

Why Nobody Noticed While 150 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked From IDScan for Over a Year
Security Operations2026.09.20

Why Nobody Noticed While 150 Million Driver's Licenses Leaked From IDScan for Over a Year

150 million records leaked, and the first to notice wasn't the company, its customers, or an auditor, it was a security journalist. Here's where that year-long gap actually started.

Basestone Security Research Team

From Israel's Project Nexus to Korea's PQC Certification Bottleneck, a Roundup of August 2026's Quantum Ecosystem
Quantum2026.08.29

From Israel's Project Nexus to Korea's PQC Certification Bottleneck, a Roundup of August 2026's Quantum Ecosystem

National strategy and industrial partnerships are pulling quantum technology out of the lab, but the systems meant to actually procure and certify it aren't keeping pace.

Basestone Quantum Security Lab

Dissecting the Vishing Playbook That Breached McKesson, RingCentral, and a String of Major Companies in August 2026
Identity & Access2026.08.27

Dissecting the Vishing Playbook That Breached McKesson, RingCentral, and a String of Major Companies in August 2026

The string of major companies breached in August wasn't a series of separate incidents — it was one script, performed over and over.

Basestone Security Research Team

What Quantum Korea 2026 Revealed About Korea's Standing in the Global Quantum Ecosystem
Quantum2026.07.29

What Quantum Korea 2026 Revealed About Korea's Standing in the Global Quantum Ecosystem

After covering quantum competition as national strategy last month, this month we got to see that competition's actual face, in person, in Korea.

Basestone Quantum Security Lab

From the Foreign Ministry Hack to KDDI's Massive Leak, a Roundup of July 2026's Security Incidents
Security Trends2026.07.27

From the Foreign Ministry Hack to KDDI's Massive Leak, a Roundup of July 2026's Security Incidents

July's incidents showed that how long a breach went unnoticed mattered more than the breach itself.

Basestone Security Research Team

Why Quantum Computing Became a National Strategy Race
Quantum2026.06.30

Why Quantum Computing Became a National Strategy Race

The first question in the quantum race is no longer who builds the fastest computer, but which country locks in the standards and supply chains first.

Basestone Quantum Security Lab

How Static Credentials and Neglected Access Rights Drove June's Security Incidents
Governance2026.06.28

How Static Credentials and Neglected Access Rights Drove June's Security Incidents

Look closely at June's security incidents and they all lead back to the same question. Do we actually know, right now, who can access what.

Basestone Security Research Team

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