Definitive proof of false story (Score 1)

Hi all.
after reading the article concerning the Weizmann Institute, I contacted Adi shamir, Senior faculty member and developer of the TWINKLE theory.
The following is his reply:

Date sent: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:22:50 +0200
From: Adi Shamir
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: 512bit RSA cracked?

Hi,
I never talked with the author, and as far as I am concerned there is
absolutely no basis for the story. The only scientific paper I published
on the theoretical design appeared at the CHES conference in August,
and can be downloaded from www.jya.com/twinkle.eps

Best wishes,
Adi Shamir.

I also posted a message on the PGP-users list to see if anyone else had any information.
Sam Simpson, who maintains the ScramDisk site, replied with the following links.

This story seems to mix details of QC
(http://www.scramdisk.clara.net/pgpfaq.html#SubQ CDNA) & TWINKLE
(http://www.scramdisk.clara.net/pgpfaq.html#SubT winkle) and come
up with some bizarre story that is totally factually incorrect.


Yep, good ol' Sunday Times does it again.