Trusted intermediate CA 'leaks' with private key equal to 4, perfectly recreating the XKCD joke
arthurcolle · x · 2026-10-21
A trusted intermediate CA's private key 'leaked' — and the key was literally the number 4, perfectly matching the classic XKCD comic 'return 4; // chosen by fair dice roll, guaranteed to be random.' The quote-post jokes that someone couldn't resist deploying their favorite XKCD bit for the occasion.
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