RSA-896 Factored as Record Falls Again Within 16 Days

Cryptographer Stephen A. Weis reports factoring RSA-896 with Claude's help, raising the public record from 862 to 896 bits just 16 days after the previous milestone. Commentators say RSA-1024 would cost roughly $30 million to break, so there's no need to panic.

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