DeepMind AI agents uncover weaknesses in legacy 1024-bit RSA systems
Google DeepMind 17:20:31Z: human-guided agents found signature-padding and batch-factorization advances on obsolete RSA-1024; modern 2048-bit+ keys remain secure.
Why it matters
DeepMind’s Science team says AI agents, steered by humans, accelerated cryptanalysis against retired 1024-bit RSA proving grounds: one result weakens padding’s protection once an attacker controls roughly half a signed block, another cuts average cost to factor additional same-size keys in a batch by about 30× versus prior methods. The lab stresses modern 2048-bit and larger keys stay out of scope. The point for singularity watchers is tempo: hardness assumptions can now be stress-tested faster than the old multi-year cadence.
Key facts
- Posted 17:20:31Z Nov 6
- Targets obsolete RSA-1024 only
- Signature-padding result
- ~30× batch factorization gain claimed
- 2048-bit+ keys remain secure