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·9h 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·20h 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.
Read at Ars Technica →
