Nah, its just those stupid documentary films on television that exxagerate this phenomena, it's nowhere near the threat they hype it up to. Quantum computers are only better for certain algorithms but for others its quite slower. It doesnt crack passwords instantaneously, it just finds more efficient ways to crack them, and for some algos there aren't.

I dont know about resources you might want to check out stackexchange.com questions on encryption, there are people there who quote research papers that are easy to read.