A call for aid in cracking a 1024-bit malware key

[Steven M. Bellovin]

According to
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9094818&intsrc=hm_list%3E%20&articleId=9094818&intsrc=hm_list
some new malware is encrypting files with a 1024-bit RSA key.  Victims
are "asked" to pay a random to get their files decrypted.  So -- can
the key be factored?


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb

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