India's eMudhra certification authority had its private keys compromised, including one containing the number '4'
eMudhra will exit the global SSL/TLS certificate business, which accounts for 1% of its revenue. Its eight intermediate certificates had weak private keys, compromising security. Major browsers blocked the certificates on October 17. The affected authorities were revoked within 14 hours. eMudhra issued over 60 million digital certificates.
- eMudhra will voluntarily withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business.
- Mozilla published a report that private keys for eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were compromised.
- Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla have blocked the compromised certificates.
- Affected certificate authorities were revoked within 14 hours of discovery.
- eMudhra issued over 60 million digital certificates.
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