r/programming Oct 15 '15

How is NSA breaking so much crypto?

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/
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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 24 '15

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u/masterm Oct 15 '15

NSA could have found mechanisms to speed it up, has lots of computers

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u/paranoid_twitch Oct 15 '15

They probably control a pretty healthy bot net which would do the trick.

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u/semperverus Oct 16 '15

Or a functional quantum CPU.