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Indian certificate authority suffers key compromise scandal
Original: Indian CA's private keys compromised – one of them was the number '4'
Indian certification authority eMudhra has had private keys compromised, and a reported detail is drawing widespread mockery: one of the exposed private keys was simply the number '4'. Security commentators are highlighting the incident as a serious failure of basic key-management practices at a company trusted to issue digital certificates, raising questions about audit standards and the reliability of certificates issued under the affected keys.
Why now: The absurdity of a four-character private key at a trusted certificate authority makes it both a genuine security concern and an easy story to share.
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