RSA Broken?

[ccdes () ccdes princeton nj us (Carl Corey)]

I read a while back that mathematicians, using several thousand computers
were able to factor an RSA encrypted text.  Unfortunately, I missed any
comprehensive articles on the subject, so I don't know the significance of
what happened.

What size key was the original message encrypted with?
i.e. how big were the two primes?

How does this compare to a military-grade PGP/RSA key?

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