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Indian certificate authority eMudhra suffers key compromise
Original: Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’
Indian certification authority eMudhra has had private keys compromised, including a key that was simply the number '4', an extraordinarily weak value. The exposure means attackers could potentially impersonate any website or service whose certificates chain through the affected keys. A large clean-up operation is now under way, with revocations expected as the fallout is assessed.
Why now: A certificate authority key compromise threatens trust across the web, and the absurdly weak '4' key makes the story viral
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- Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’ · theregister
Massive clean-up job under way because this mess makes it possible to impersonate any website or service
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