Trusted intermediate CA "leaks" private key — and the key was literally 4
eigenrobot · x · 2026-10-21
A security story making the rounds: a trusted intermediate CA has apparently "leaked" its private key — except the key's value was literally the number 4. Commenters joked about changing their luggage combinations, mocking how absurdly weak a pillar of web trust infrastructure turned out to be. A leaked CA key would allow attackers to mint trusted certificates for any domain, which makes the farcical details all the more noteworthy.
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