Internet security concerns mount over weak keys from Bengaluru firm
New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Bengaluru-based eMudhra Ltd generated the secret keys for eight security certificates -- the digital identity cards websites use to prove who they are -- so poorly that anyone could have worked them out in seconds, prompting major browser makers Google, Mozilla, Apple and Microsoft to block the certificates.With the weak keys, anyone could have issued certificates for websites worldwide, including banks and government portals, which browsers, phones and computers would have accepted as genuine. There is no evidence yet that the keys were misused.P9...
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