Bengaluru, Oct. 22 -- Digital trust services provider eMudhra Limited on Thursday announced that its Board has decided to voluntarily withdraw from the global SSL/TLS certificate business following a recent security incident, citing rising compliance costs, operational complexities and declining commercial viability of the segment.

The decision follows a security incident involving eight intermediate digital certificates under eMudhra's global Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). The issue surfaced on October 17 after a researcher flagged vulnerable private keys to Google and other technology companies, prompting Google and Mozilla to block the affected certificates.

According to a company release, the global SSL/TLS certificate business co...