There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before
2 sources·Updated September 24, 2026
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- Gizmodo AU·2d agoNew Technique Bypasses 1,024-Bit RSA Without Factoring It
The technique still takes 1,380 CPU core-years, but that's down from the estimated 500,000 to 1 million CPU core-years it takes to factor a key.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - Ars Technica·3d agoThere's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before
Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore.
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