Yes, Chinese researchers were able to hack a 50-bit encryption key using quantum computers. They could have also hacked a 50-bit RSA key with an iPhone in just a few seconds.

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Although they used a quantum computer to decrypt an RSA encryption, they used only a 50-bit integer for the RSA encryption.