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Indian certificate authority eMudhra reports private key compromise

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Indian certification authority eMudhra has disclosed that some of its private keys were compromised, including one key that was effectively the number '4'. The incident affects certificates the company issues, and security reporters are highlighting the unusually weak key as a sign of poor key-generation practices. Customers and browser vendors are now assessing which certificates need replacing and what the broader trust implications are.

Why now: A compromised private key at a major certificate authority undermines trust in issued certificates, and the trivially weak key makes the story especially striking.

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Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’ · The Register

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