RSA-896 factored days after RSA-260, pushing the public record from 862 to 896 bits
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-20
- RSA-896 (896-bit / 270 decimal digits) has been factored, just 16 days after RSA-260. The public factoring record moved from 862 to 896 bits (+34 bits).
- The author clarifies this does not mean RSA-2048 is broken, nor that a new attack on RSA exists — both used factoring algorithms known for decades, just pushed much further in implementation.
- What is interesting: AI is reshaping how researchers find the actual frontier of security, sometimes discovering new attacks, sometimes pushing known ones to new limits.
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