> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.protein.xyz/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Prime Hack - URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-prime-hack/ - Published: 1998-09-18T06:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2016-05-24T15:18:59.000Z - Description: A 28-year-old computer expert is under investigation for computer fraud, having allegedly diverted 2,585 U S West computers to… - Author: Protein - Tags: SEEDS, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21 A 28-year-old computer expert is under investigation for computer fraud, having allegedly diverted 2,585 U S West computers to assist him in his effort to solve a 350-year-old math problem &√Ǭ£45;- the search for a new prime number. The man, who has not been charged, is a contract computer consultant working for a vendor for U S West. "I've worked on this (math) problem for a long time," he told investigators. "When I started working at U S West, all that computational power was just too tempting for me." Investigators estimate that during a very short period he used 10.63 years worth of computer processing time &√Ǭ£45;- while the computers should have been hard at work retrieving telephone numbers for U S West customers. ((c) AP)