Congrats, Wacky!
 

From mathpuzzle.com:

[quote]RSA-576 has been factored by the programming team of J. Franke, T. Kleinjung, P. Montgomery, H. te Riele, F. Bahr, D. Leclair, Paul Leyland and [b]R. Wackerbarth.[/b][/quote]

This was mentioned on sci.crypt too, but I haven't seen the official announcement anywhere. :help:

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