The Economic Times2026-10-21 03:19:14

eMudhra certificates blocked by Google and Mozilla; some legitimate websites may stop working from October 27; here's what happened

eMudhra intermediate CA certificates: Google and Mozilla have blocked eight compromised intermediate certificate keys linked to eMudhra, an Indian provider of digital trust and cybersecurity services.

Summary

Weak randomness during key generation could have allowed attackers to forge trusted HTTPS certificates. Although eMudhra says the affected certificates issued no end-user certificates, Google's planned removal of a related root certificate could disrupt some websites.

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KazaSec's take

Stories like this are part of why proactive security testing exists, finding the gap before someone else does is always cheaper than responding after the fact.

Coverage details

Source: The Economic Times
Published: 2026-10-21 03:19:14
Author: trending desk
Category: technologytop

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