[Cryptography] New attacks on discrete logs?

[Jerry Leichter]

I can't figure out from these two articles exactly what's been attacked.  (It's not even clear to me if they are describing two *different* attacks.)  Anyone been following the details?

http://phys.org/news/2014-05-unassailable-encryption-algorithm-hours.html

http://phys.org/news/2014-05-algorithm-cryptography.html

                                                        -- Jerry