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semisol | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 no they factorized a 11 bit RSA key

one that you could do faster on your own computer
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girinovey | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Maybe even by hand.
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semisol | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 there are 48k potential keys with prime size 11 bit and less.

9.5k if you look for 11 bit only.
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girinovey | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I could do 9.5k operations in a few hours, I guess... With a book of primes we might need only a few minutes.