https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/researcher-claims-to-crack-rsa-2048-quantum-computer-p-3536
As Ed Gerck Readies Research Paper, Security Experts Say They Want to See Proof
A scientist claims to have developed an inexpensive system for using quantum computing to crack RSA, which is the world’s most commonly used public key algorithm…
The scientist making the claim is Ed Gerck. According to his profile on LinkedIn, where he also posted his announcement of the RSA crack, he’s a quantum computing developer at a firm he founded called Planalto Research in Mountain View, California, among other jobs.
“Quantum computing has become a reality. We broke the RSA-2048 key,” Gerck said…
“Breaking RSA is usually attempted by using Shor’s algorithm in a quantum computer but there are no quantum computers in existence that can produce enough gates to implement Shor’s algorithm that would break 2048 keys,” Woodward said.
Gerck said all his “QC computations were done in a commercial cellphone, or a commercial Linux desktop,” at a capital cost of less than $1,000. “No cryogenics or special materials were used.”..
