Indian certification authority eMudhra has defended the laughably weak private keys it used to sign some digital certificates it issued, and suggested others should share the blame for the incident.In case you’re coming to this one late, news broke yesterday that private keys the company used to sign certs were beyond weak: one was literally just the number “4,” and several others were short strings of easily guessed two-or-three-digit numbers. It’s easy to deduce the value of those keys, which makes it possible to forge certs and impersonate websites or other resources.That’s gold for scammers, phishers, and other miscreants. The entire infosec industry has pointed that out, urged swift adoption of better certs, and lamented the...
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