Wang Xiaoyun graduated from Zhucheng No. 1 Middle School in 1983 and was admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Shandong University with excellent results. Later, he studied under the mathematician Academician Pan Chengdong and completed his doctoral studies in 1993.

After graduation, Wang Xiaoyun chose to stay at Shandong University to teach. It only took nine years from a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics to a professor. In 2005, he received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and was hired by the Advanced Research Center of Tsinghua University. Yang Zhenning Chair Professor, and the following year he was specially appointed as a professor by the Yangtze River Scholars Award Program.

Behind such an academic side, Wang Xiaoyun is also known as China’s cryptography genius. She was the grand prize winner of the China Cryptometry Innovation Award and was awarded the title of Outstanding Network Security Talent of the Year.

Beautiful academicians have won many honors

In 2017, Wang Xiaoyun was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Two years later, she won the Mathematics and Computer Science Award of the Chinese Academy of Future Sciences. From 1983 to 2017, Wang Xiaoyun's glory in academia has never ceased, and he is the academic hegemon in everyone's heart.

So many awards are only part of her glory. The most admirable thing is that she once deciphered two of the most secure codes in the world. After successfully deciphering these two codes, Wang Xiaoyun created the original code. The analysis method also serves to confirm the vulnerabilities of hash function passwords.

She took this opportunity to promote the reset of China's new hash function standard sm3. This new set of standards is widely used in key areas such as the national power grid, finance and transportation. More and more people I started to get to know Xiaoyun, the female school bully who doesn’t like literature but loves theory.

Many people believe that Wang Xiaoyun’s deciphering ability is related to her major and is the result of her academic research. In fact, her talent and interest were what drove her to make breakthroughs in deciphering codes. She first completed her doctoral studies at Shandong University and stayed at the school as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics. At that time, a colleague discovered her talent for deciphering codes.

Deciphering the world's most difficult cryptographic algorithm

The school's workload is heavy, so she teaches in the school during the day and is able to calm down and study cryptography at night. This complex subject went smoothly because she had knowledge reserves from the mathematics department. In addition, she was very interested in cryptography, so she continued to study for a period of time and mastered the theoretical knowledge related to code deciphering.

It is not enough to master theoretical knowledge of this kind of obscure content. At that time, the United States and other countries began to widely use the Md5 information digest algorithm for security encryption, which involved a wide range of uses and related to all users. The reason why MD5 is used to encrypt account passwords, emails and signature information is because this algorithm is irreversible. This irreversible feature greatly increases the difficulty of deciphering passwords.

This encryption method has always been considered the most secure password system in the world, so it is also the target that many people who learn to decipher passwords want to crack. Wang Xiaoyun started the practice of deciphering codes with this as her goal. For her, deciphering this security system, which is known as the best in the world, is tantamount to a marathon trophy, so she has a strong interest in it.

In order to be able to decipher the secret code in 2004, Wang Xiaoyun and his team worked overtime to crack the MD5 algorithm. This was the most authoritative password-breaking event in the world. Wang Xiaoyun rushed to the meeting as scheduled. He announced that he had deciphered the md5 algorithm. This achievement caused an uproar in the audience. Afterwards, cryptography experts stood up and applauded this beautiful oriental woman.

Wang Xiaoyun achieved this result and became a hot topic at the meeting. After the meeting, Wang Xiaoyun was surrounded by various institutions, scrambling to obtain her report information.

The most nervous countries are the countries that use this encryption method. They are very panicked, fearing that their important data will be stolen, and quickly choose other types of security systems. Not only that, but he also has lingering fears, saying that similar algorithms will not be used again in the next ten years.

A report can make every country feel threatened, which shows how influential Wang Xiaoyun's results are.

This is also the first honor for our country in the field of code deciphering, becoming a leader in China's code deciphering industry.

Deciphering ability attracts international attention

After winning a world-class trophy, Wang Xiaoyun did not stop his racing. After MD5 was decrypted, Wang Xiaoyun felt that he had not reached the peak of his business.

There is another algorithm SHA-1 in the United States. This algorithm is no less difficult than MD5. At that time, famous hash function experts said that they could only crack fifty-seven steps. Later, there were many ordinary hash functions. When people take on challenges, they always stop at about forty steps. So this algorithm became the next goal of Wang Xiaoyun and his team.

Having learned from the past, I originally thought that it would take a year and a half to decipher the new algorithm. However, two months later, Wang Xiaoyun announced his latest research results, saying that he had deciphered the SHA-1 algorithm.

This news shocked the world even more than the previous cracking of MD5. China, which was originally completely blank in the cryptography world, suddenly became the world leader. For a moment, the world was in disbelief about this Oriental woman. You must know that these two encryption algorithms are the most difficult in the world and are widely used in computers around the world.

Today's most powerful computers have to calculate the MD5 algorithm, and the calculation amount is not a small amount, reaching 2 to the 80th power. Calculated according to the calculation amount of today's supercomputers, it also costs one million. It will take years to crack. So how do Wang Xiaoyun and her team complete such a large workload?

All this is due to Wang Xiaoyun's solid mathematical skills and the fact that she did not use computers to assist her. She calculated most of the data by hand one stroke at a time.

Behind the simple deciphering results lies the day-to-day calculations of Wang Xiaoyun and his team. This calculation skill was greatly praised by the "Washington Times", which not only commented on his superb deciphering ability, but also said that Her ability to attack the inside of the White House shows that the media has a high regard for her.

The issuance of multiple reports has also allowed many authoritative organizations to see Wang Xiaoyun's talent. Who wouldn't want such a powerful teammate? Countries have offered generous terms to win over her, but in Wang Xiaoyun's heart, only The motherland is the place where she was nurtured.

After publishing MD5, Wang Xiaoyun discovered the loopholes in this algorithm and developed an SM3 password system for the country to check for loopholes and fill in the loopholes. The previous loopholes were also covered by her, becoming the new world's most powerful Cryptographic algorithms have changed China’s position in the world of cryptographic systems.

Wang Xiaoyun and her team have made outstanding contributions to the country and made significant contributions to the field of code deciphering in China. The country was not to be outdone and awarded Wang Xiaoyun 7.11 million as a reward to encourage her to continue her efforts in the future. In the field of cryptography, it continues to shine in this direction.