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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous group allegedly hacked Romney tax records via Franklin firm [View all]EOTE
(13,409 posts)131. Of course they wouldn't announce it, but they're still limited to the rules of math.
And a few million times faster wouldn't cut it at all. It would need to be a few trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion times faster if it were to make a dent in AES256. I don't think you understand the absolutely mind boggling numbers we're talking about here. We're talking 2^250 here. That's nothing like the 64^16 or so that's the max that hardware based solutions can run through now. That's many, many, MANY magnitudes of order more. In case you're having a hard time imagining 2^250, imagine a 2 followed by 75 zeros. That's the numbers we're talking about here. That's NOTHING like the toy like encryption that most websites use. It is, for all intents and purposes, uncrackable.
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Copies were sent to the DNC...so what's the reason for the million dollar blackmail?
cynatnite
Sep 2012
#11
Are you operating under the illusion that the NSA announces such things publicly?
jeff47
Sep 2012
#127
Of course they wouldn't announce it, but they're still limited to the rules of math.
EOTE
Sep 2012
#131
It doesn't matter how intelligent an algorithm is if it requires billions or trillions of computer
EOTE
Sep 2012
#77
Yes, I have no idea what you're talking about because you're talking out of your ass.
EOTE
Sep 2012
#145
But surely 22 years of experience gives one the power to change the known laws of the universe.
EOTE
Sep 2012
#137
Where does it say this was Anonymous? They do not ask for ransom ever. Anyone
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#59
yes...that is why candidates show their taxes...so they can't be blackmailed
DonRedwood
Sep 2012
#102
Nashville City Paper seems to have information that isn't in that pastebin document.
drm604
Sep 2012
#25
Would love to know if any police/security reports were made of a possible break-in?
nc4bo
Sep 2012
#19
That some people actually believe this nonsense could be true shows how gullible people are.
former9thward
Sep 2012
#34
If it were true, the hackers would have released a non-damaging part of the return.
berni_mccoy
Sep 2012
#42
It wouldn't be the first time Rove set up a dirty trick to try to make it look as if the other side
Skidmore
Sep 2012
#55
Proves that as long as Romney has secrets to hide (his tax forms), then he's blackmail-able.
Lex
Sep 2012
#52
I think it's a Rove or Koch ploy to grab the front pages from the DEM convention
woodsprite
Sep 2012
#54
Wow...this is really cool. Hope it's true. I have often thought how easy it might be for someone
Laura PourMeADrink
Sep 2012
#67
You do realize, don't you, that both the seller and the newspaper would be committing a felony.
former9thward
Sep 2012
#83
I'd be applauding the hackers if they weren't trying to profit from this.
Comrade_McKenzie
Sep 2012
#135
They should just release one page at a time until the Romney campaign agrees to release them.
cbdo2007
Sep 2012
#142
I've written more credible fiction with more details and suspense. Sorry, ain't buying it.
freshwest
Sep 2012
#147