As for cracking the code, don't start spending the money yet. One team headed by a group of mathematicians at Notre Dame University did manage to crack one of the lower-end "keys" that keep ECC communications secure. It took 10,000 computers running 24 hours a day for a year and a half to do it.
Appears to me their claims are a bit ambiguous.
No one can crack our code they say.
But wait this group from Notre Dame University did it.
Am I confused or did they just contradict themselves?
nuff said.