Derek A Atkins is a computer scientist specializing in computer security. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern t ...

. In June 2014, he became the chief technology officer of SecureRF. Atkins is an author or co-author of several computer security books, including ''Internet Security Professional Reference'' and ''Reputational Risk: A Question of Trust''. In April 1994, he co-authored the paper

The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage "The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage" was the solution to a challenge ciphertext posed by the inventors of the RSA cipher in 1977. The problem appeared in Martin Gardner's '' Mathematical Games column'' in the August 1977 issue of ''Scientific A ...

detailing the factorization of RSA-129."The Assault on 114,381,625,757,888,867,669,235,779,976,146,612,010,218,296,271,242,362,562,561,
842,935,706,935,245,733,897,830,597,123,563,958,705,058,989,075,147,599,290,026,879,543,541" By Gina Kolata ''

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