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What’s the tech behind the record-breaking RSA-260 crack?

A researcher’s social media post revealing how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just “good old pencil and paper”?

We haven't written up this one. Scientific American has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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