another cipher bites the dust

[rone]

Bruce Schneier announces that SHA-1 has been cracked.  Thanks to cdy.

Comments

[paracelsvs.livejournal.com]

It's not "secure" or "insecure", it's "not broken" or "broken". Anything less than the brute-force results means the algorithm is broken. It may still be secure, and in this case it should be, but it is definitely no longer trusted. Further research may find an even faster attack.