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

KNOCKING ON HEAVEN’S DOOR There’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.

6 Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav The world has known for decades that the RSA cryptosystem ’s days are numbered. Once quantum computing becomes practical (estimates for that range from 3 to 20 or more years), the foundational security it provides will crumble. New research has revealed a novel method that uses classical computing to reduce the current RSA security level to an unacceptably low threshold.