Encryption alone will not secure data, warns expert after code cracks
An encryption method used to keep mobile phone calls secret was cracked in December by a German computer scientist. Last week another form of data encryption, 768-bit RSA encryption, was cracked by researchers who used distributed computing power to process numbers, finding the key to unlock data.
A more secure form of that encryption, 1,024-bit encryption, has not been cracked. The researchers involved said that it would take another decade to crack that encryption.