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“A 384-bit key I can factor on my laptop in 24 hours,” he says. “The 512-bit keys I can factor in about 72 hours using Amazon Web Services for $75. And I did do a number of those. Then there are the 768-bit keys. Those are not factorable by a normal person like me with my resources alone. But the government of Iran probably could, or a large group with sufficient computing resources could pull it off.”

"But the government of Iran probably could"...At this point I stopped reading, as this article became propaganda.

Did you know this month is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, as advertized by the DHS?

http://www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month

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