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Mozilla Responds to eMudhra Certificate Key Compromise

Original: (blog.mozilla.org) Mozilla Responds to Compromise of eMudhra Intermediate Certificate Private Keys In brief - This artic

Mozilla has disclosed its response to the compromise of eight intermediate certificate private keys belonging to Indian certificate authority eMudhra, moving quickly to prevent the keys being used to issue fraudulent HTTPS certificates. The incident highlights ongoing risks in the web's certificate trust system, and security commentators are sharing Mozilla's write-up as an example of how browser vendors act when a trusted authority is breached.

Why now: Security professionals are discussing a rare public breach of a trusted certificate authority and Mozilla's response to it.

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• (blog.mozilla.org) Mozilla Responds to Compromise of eMudhra Intermediate Certificate Private Keys In brief - This article describes Mozilla's rapid response to the compromise of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate private keys to prevent fraudulent HTTPS certificate… · orlysec@swecyb.com · 2

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