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Indian certificate authority left private key set to number 4

Original: This is so, so dumb. The key was the number 4. Just the number four. My bike lock is more secure... https://www. theregi

India's licensed certification authority eMudhra has had private keys compromised, and one of them was simply the number 4, according to The Register. Commenters are mocking the lapse, noting a bike lock offers better protection, and warning that poorly secured signing keys from a trusted certificate authority undermine the security guarantees the entire web relies on.

Why now: A certificate authority trusted to safeguard web security exposed keys with trivial protection, which is both alarming and darkly funny to security watchers.

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• This is so, so dumb. The key was the number 4. Just the number four. My bike lock is more secure... https://www. theregister.com/security/2026/ 10/20/indian-certification-authority-emudhras-private-keys-compromised-one-of-them-was-the-number-4/5304312 # tech # code # security #… · hazz223@mstdn.social · 2

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