China breaks RSA encryption with a quantum computer
9 alt227 2 6/25/2025, 1:23:07 PM earth.com ↗
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gnabgib · 4h ago
Discussion (28 points, 2 months ago, 20 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43952396
gus_massa · 3h ago
Also, the comments in the previous post explain that the two factors are essentially the square root of the key pus minus ~6. So it can be done with a calculator that has sqr and a few tries.