Why are prime numbers widely used in cryptography?

a. Because it is easy to take two (very large) prime numbers and multiply them, while it is extremely hard to do the reverse operation
b. Because they are hard to find
c. Because they are easy to find
d. It's not true that prime numbers are widely used in cryptography

a. Because it is easy to take two (very large) prime numbers and multiply them, while it is extremely hard to do the reverse operation

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