Indian CA eMudhra's private keys compromised – one of them was the number 4
alwa · hn · 2026-10-21
The Register reports that Indian certification authority eMudhra had private keys compromised, including one CA key whose value was literally the number 4 — a glaring sign of weak key generation and auditing in the PKI chain. HN discussion digs into CA trust model failures.
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