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   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 pr
ivate event.
[1]https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/medicine-show-crown-st
erling-demos-256-bit-rsa-key-cracking-at-private-event/

   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...

References

   1. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/medicine-show-crown-sterling-demos-256-bit-rsa-key-cracking-at-private-event/