Factoring RSA Keys with Many Zeros

188 · Bruce Schneier · June 29, 2026, 4:09 p.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the discovery of weak RSA keys with many zeros, highlighting the risks these keys pose and the open-source badkeys project that checks for vulnerabilities in public RSA keys. The article emphasizes the importance of addressing these vulnerabilities through analysis of real-world key datasets collected during the project.