Even assuming D-Wave actually achieves quantum annealing (a highly uncertain proposition at this point), the implications for cryptography are inexistent. Quant

Even assuming D-Wave actually achieves quantum annealing (a highly uncertain proposition at this point), the implications for cryptography are inexistent. Quantum algorithms relevant to cryptography (mostly Shor's and Grover's) require a general purpose quantum computer, which the D-Wave machine is emphatically not.