‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:23 AM, jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

Ars Technica: Medicine show: Crown Sterling demos 256-bit RSA key-cracking at private event. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/medicine-show-crown-s...

Jim Bell's comment:. Are they talking about a 256 bit key, or a 512 bit composite key ?

they are talking about breaking long since broken short RSA keys... "Ars shared the video with Jake Williams, the founder of Rendition Infosec and a former member of the National Security Agency's Tailored Access Operations group. "I'm dumber for having watched that," Williams said. "Bragging that you can factor a 256 bit RSA key in 2019 is like bragging about hacking an unpatched Windows 2000 box. Sure you did it, but nobody should care."" see also: "no useful signals in infosec", aka, market for lemons...