Xinmei has proposed a digital signature scheme that uses error correcting codes in a manner similar to that of the McEliece public-key cryptosytem. It is claimed that the cryptanalytic work factor for the Xinmei system is O[(n - k)!] or O(2n-k), where n and k are the length and dimension, respectively, of the algebraic code selected for the system. In the Letter it is shown that, in some cases, the cryptanalytic work factor can be as low as O(n3).