Samsung smartphones will receive quantum protection

Samsung Corporation announced the creation of the first smartphone chip with hardware post -quantum cryptography (PQC). This was reported in a press release on the company’s website.

The processor to protect data on the smartphone is called S3SSE2A. The presented microcircuit should provide protection of data from threats directed by attackers who use quantum computers for their attacks. It is expected that in the future the chip with PQC will appear in Samsung smartphones.

The corporation explained that existing data protection and data encryption systems will be powerless before attacks using quantum computers by 2028. So, now hackers are organizing attacks such as “collect now, decipher later” (HNDL), in which the data first abducts, and then begin to decrypt. In the case of quantum computers, unknown people can decipher the information directly during the attack – the chips with PQC should resist this.

The company’s engineers explained that the S3SSE2A ensures safety at both the hardware and software level. “More complex attacks based on artificial intelligence (AI), quantum calculations and other unforeseen achievements are inevitable, which means that smartphone manufacturers are required to be ahead of hackers and ensure the safety of devices,” Samsung emphasized.

Sammobile journalists recalled that during the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S25, the Korean Corporation said the phone has PQC support. However, it is not known whether the S3SSE2A is installed in the device or the chip will appear only in future brand gadgets.

At the end of February, researchers from IDC said that the world smartphone market would continue to grow in 2025. According to the forecast, it should increase by 2.3 percent to 1.26 billion units.