ATON will supply a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) security solution to Bithumb, a leading domestic virtual asset exchange.
ATON said on the 20th that on the 11th it signed a "technical agreement for introducing a PQC security solution" with Bithumb at Bithumb Finance Tower in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu.
Under the agreement, ATON will apply a PQC security solution based on its proprietary Quantum Safe product line to Bithumb's transaction service platform. The supplied solutions include Quantum Safeguard, a PQC-based user and device authentication solution; Quantum Safeline, an end-to-end encryption solution; Quantum Safepad, a virtual keypad input security solution; and Quantum Safebox, a secure media solution. Through this, the entire security lifecycle—from input to authentication, transmission, and storage—will be protected with post-quantum cryptography, ATON said.
ATON's Quantum Safe product line applies ML-DSA and ML-KEM, standard post-quantum cryptography algorithms selected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). By combining these with its proprietary white-box cryptography technology, it provides dual defense against not only the decryption threat in the quantum computing era but also current hacking attacks.
ATON and Bithumb plan to form a technical consultative body to collaborate on building and continuously advancing a PQC security system optimized for the Bithumb platform. The two companies plan to take preemptive action against the "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" threat in the quantum computing era and, in step with the government's cryptographic system transition policy, lead the quantum security era in the virtual asset industry.
Woo Gil-su, CEO of ATON, said, "This agreement is a meaningful first case in which ATON's post-quantum cryptography authentication security solution is being expanded from the financial sector to the virtual asset industry," adding, "Together with Bithumb, which has taken the lead in building a preemptive security system ahead of the quantum computing era, we will set the standard for protecting virtual asset investors."