There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before

25 days ago by schnurrito to c/cybersecurity

Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore.

sp3ctr4l 5 points 25 days ago

An attack on Privacy Pass would require an attacker to request 2^43^ tokens from Cloudflare, Apple, or another organization.

An attack on Privacy Pass would require an attacker to request tokens from Cloudflare, Apple, or another organization 2^43 times.

... is there a button I can push to summon a copy editor?

Personally I'd go with the former, probably not both simultaneously.

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TheButtonJustSpins 3 points 25 days ago

I don't know how much tokens cost, but that seems expensive.

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