The Independent says
Teen hacker is top young scientist
Saturday January 13th 2007
A TEENAGE hacker last night won the BT Young Scientist of the Year
Award.
Somalian-born Abdusalam Abubakar (pictured right), a third year
student at CBS Synge Street, Dublin, has constructed a new way of
beating the RSA encryption system, used to protect military and
financial data worldwide.
...
I've not been able to find any real details, nor has it appeared on /.
or the like yet. Anyone seen it anywhere?
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