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Indian tech company eMudhra announces withdrawal from certificate business after security incident

·Source: The Record

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Executive Summary

The issue was publicized by cybersecurity researcher Scott Helme, who published a blog saying that instead of a random 384-bit number, one of the company's private keys was just the number four.

Analysis

The issue was publicized by cybersecurity researcher Scott Helme, who published a blog saying that instead of a random 384-bit number, one of the company's private keys was just the number four.
Source Attribution

Originally published by The Record on Oct 22, 2026.

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