RSA-260 Factored, Setting a New World Record for General-Purpose Number Factorization
marvinvonhagen · x · 2026-09-03
Researchers announced the factorization of RSA-260, a new world record for general-purpose number factorization, surpassing RSA-250 which was factored in 2020. The tweet shares the factors and notes that an AI conversation realized the milestone minutes before Wikipedia was even updated. The result uses classical algorithms, so RSA remains safe for now, but the record carries symbolic weight.
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