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Indian certificate authority eMudhra reports compromised private keys

Original: emudhra

Indian digital certificate authority eMudhra is facing scrutiny after reports that some of its private keys were compromised, including one key reportedly set to the trivially weak value '4'. The revelation, covered by The Register, raises questions about the company's key-generation practices and the security of certificates it has issued. Trending interest spans Australia, India, the UK, Japan, Canada and Germany.

Why now: News that a major certificate authority used an extremely weak private key has triggered concern about widespread trust in its certificates.

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Evidence

• Cloudflare warns fixing botched eMudhra certs goes beyond browsers · iTnews
• Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’ · The Register

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• GgoogleDE #8 · 1 d ago
• GgoogleCA #9 · 1 d ago
• GgoogleIN #4 · 1 d ago

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