diff --git a/cipher/rsa/rsa2.go b/cipher/rsa/rsa2.go
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+/*
+rsa2.go
+description: RSA encryption and decryption including key generation
+details: [RSA wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem))
+author(s): [ddaniel27](https://github.com/ddaniel27)
+*/
+package rsa
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"math/rand"
+
+	"github.com/TheAlgorithms/Go/math/gcd"
+	"github.com/TheAlgorithms/Go/math/lcm"
+	"github.com/TheAlgorithms/Go/math/modular"
+	"github.com/TheAlgorithms/Go/math/prime"
+)
+
+// rsa struct contains the public key, private key and modulus
+type rsa struct {
+	publicKey  uint64
+	privateKey uint64
+	modulus    uint64
+}
+
+// New initializes the RSA algorithm
+// returns the RSA object
+func New() *rsa {
+	// The following code generates keys for RSA encryption/decryption
+	// 1. Choose two large prime numbers, p and q and compute n = p * q
+	p, q := randomPrime() // p and q stands for prime numbers
+	modulus := p * q      // n stands for common number
+
+	// 2. Compute the totient of n, lcm(p-1, q-1)
+	totient := uint64(lcm.Lcm(int64(p-1), int64(q-1)))
+
+	// 3. Choose an integer e such that 1 < e < totient(n) and gcd(e, totient(n)) = 1
+	publicKey := uint64(2) // e stands for encryption key (public key)
+	for publicKey < totient {
+		if gcd.Recursive(int64(publicKey), int64(totient)) == 1 {
+			break
+		}
+		publicKey++
+	}
+
+	// 4. Compute d such that d * e ≡ 1 (mod totient(n))
+	inv, _ := modular.Inverse(int64(publicKey), int64(totient))
+	privateKey := uint64(inv)
+
+	return &rsa{
+		publicKey:  publicKey,
+		privateKey: privateKey,
+		modulus:    modulus,
+	}
+}
+
+// EncryptString encrypts the data using RSA algorithm
+// returns the encrypted string
+func (rsa *rsa) EncryptString(data string) string {
+	var nums []byte
+
+	for _, char := range data {
+		slice := make([]byte, 8)
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64( // convert uint64 to byte slice
+			slice,
+			encryptDecryptInt(rsa.publicKey, rsa.modulus, uint64(char)), // encrypt each character
+		)
+		nums = append(nums, slice...)
+	}
+
+	return string(nums)
+}
+
+// DecryptString decrypts the data using RSA algorithm
+// returns the decrypted string
+func (rsa *rsa) DecryptString(data string) string {
+	result := ""
+	middle := []byte(data)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(middle); i += 8 {
+		if i+8 > len(middle) {
+			break
+		}
+
+		slice := middle[i : i+8]
+		num := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(slice) // convert byte slice to uint64
+		result += fmt.Sprintf("%c", encryptDecryptInt(rsa.privateKey, rsa.modulus, num))
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// GetPublicKey returns the public key and modulus
+func (rsa *rsa) GetPublicKey() (uint64, uint64) {
+	return rsa.publicKey, rsa.modulus
+}
+
+// GetPrivateKey returns the private key
+func (rsa *rsa) GetPrivateKey() uint64 {
+	return rsa.privateKey
+}
+
+// encryptDecryptInt encrypts or decrypts the data using RSA algorithm
+func encryptDecryptInt(e, n, data uint64) uint64 {
+	pow := new(big.Int).Exp(big.NewInt(int64(data)), big.NewInt(int64(e)), big.NewInt(int64(n)))
+	return pow.Uint64()
+}
+
+// randomPrime returns two random prime numbers
+func randomPrime() (uint64, uint64) {
+	sieve := prime.SieveEratosthenes(1000)
+	sieve = sieve[10:] // remove first 10 prime numbers (small numbers)
+	index1 := rand.Intn(len(sieve))
+	index2 := rand.Intn(len(sieve))
+
+	for index1 == index2 {
+		index2 = rand.Intn(len(sieve))
+	}
+
+	return uint64(sieve[index1]), uint64(sieve[index2])
+}
diff --git a/cipher/rsa/rsa2_test.go b/cipher/rsa/rsa2_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+package rsa_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/TheAlgorithms/Go/cipher/rsa"
+)
+
+func TestRSA(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		message string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "Encrypt letter 'a' and decrypt it back",
+			message: "a",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "Encrypt 'Hello, World!' and decrypt it back",
+			message: "Hello, World!",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			rsa := rsa.New()
+			encrypted := rsa.EncryptString(tt.message)
+			decrypted := rsa.DecryptString(encrypted)
+			if decrypted != tt.message {
+				t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", tt.message, decrypted)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkRSAEncryption(b *testing.B) {
+	rsa := rsa.New()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		rsa.EncryptString("Hello, World!")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkRSADecryption(b *testing.B) {
+	rsa := rsa.New()
+	encrypted := rsa.EncryptString("Hello, World!")
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		rsa.DecryptString(encrypted)
+	}
+}