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The technology, which promises to power certain computations that are virtually impossible for today’s computers, could transform everything, including the way companies make medicine, invest money, deliver internet and encrypt information.

That was the message I received out of the blue from someone called Syndicate who pinged me in July on the encrypted chat app Signal.

He then wrote reports using this information, and sent it to Chinese Communist Party intelligence using encrypted software.

The Premier League urges fans to use "extreme caution" when using unauthorised sites and is introducing encrypted barcodes for digital ticketing which it says will make touting more difficult.

The unidentified nation-state actors were sending encrypted messages to organised crime groups, cartels and terrorist organisations, he added.