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2026-10-22 04:05 UTC

eMudhra: Private Keys of 8 Certs Exposed as '4'

eMudhra: Private Keys of 8 Certs Exposed as '4'

International Cyber Digest reported that private keys of 8 certificates from Indian certificate authority eMudhra were compromised, with one key reduced to the single digit 4, allowing anyone to forge HTTPS certificates until Mozilla blocked them in Firefox within three hours.

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eMudhra private keys for eight certificates were compromised, one reduced to the single digit 4 instead of a required 116-digit number, according to International Cyber Digest. Mozilla blocked the certificates in Firefox within three hours after the flaw surfaced, preventing widespread forgery of HTTPS certificates for any website.


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