Protect USB - 768-bit RSA cracked

Just about ten years after RSA-512 was cracked, it took around 2.5 years with nearly 80 PCs worth of power to crack RSA-768. The caveat is that NIST-certified Encryption Protected USB Drives can be cracked, seems like the smart money is still on Encrypt Stick.

768-bit RSA cracked

via The H Security on 1/8/10

An international team of researchers has managed to decompose the number known as RSA-768 into its two prime factors

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