Indian CA eMudhra Compromised After Weak Keys Cracked
Browsers and software makers rush to fix vulnerabilities after eight private keys at the Indian firm were compromised.
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First reported by www.theregister.com, 5h 14m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 20 Oct 2026. www.theregister.com published first, on 20 October at 22:57 UTC; CoinDesk followed 5h 14m later. The most recent article, from Cointelegraph.com News, appeared on 21 October at 05:15 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), www.theregister.com, Cointelegraph.com News.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- www.theregister.comIndian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’
- CoinDeskA company that vouches for websites had secret keys so weak that 8 of them were cracked
- Cointelegraph.com NewsTech giants rush to block 8 eMudhra certs that could enable fake sites
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- A company that vouches for websites had secret keys so weak that 8 of them were cracked CoinDesk ·
- Tech giants rush to block 8 eMudhra certs that could enable fake sites Cointelegraph.com News
- Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’ www.theregister.com
In this story
- eMudhra