A cellular network utilizes RSA encryption for secure communication. If a prime number used in key generation is compromised, which consequence directly follows?

💡 Explanation

Compromising a prime factor breaks the security of RSA because factorization allows calculating the private key from the public key, therefore decryption is now feasible, rather than requiring infeasible computation, while other options relate to transmission characteristics.

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