DeepMind's AI Found Cracks in RSA Encryption — Should You Worry?

By Shakeel Ahmed — AI Growth Lab · November 8, 2026

Reports say Google DeepMind's AI agents found two weaknesses in legacy 1024-bit RSA encryption in a matter of weeks. According to those reports, modern systems using 2048-bit keys or larger are not affected , so your bank account and passwords are safe today. But the work is a warning: the encryption that protects the internet has an expiry date, and AI just made the clock tick faster.

Before the panic starts, here is the honest version. The claim comes from secondary reports, not from a DeepMind publication we can read directly. The results apply only to an old, already-retired key size. And the biggest numbers in the story are theoretical estimates, not measured attacks.…