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 land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. 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 ...

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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