eMudhra withdraws eight additional intermediate CA certificates

First reported by The Hacker News at · Updated · 4 sources

The latest revocations follow an investigation into improper private-key handling during certificate generation. The affected keys were not weak, but eMudhra could not demonstrate that they had been handled according to its rules, Cyber Security News reports. That publisher puts the total number of revoked intermediate CAs at 16.

Covered by 4 publishers within 19 hours of the first report.

Reporting4

The Hacker News eMudhra Revokes 8 More CAs It Previously Declared Unaffected by Key Compromise · info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)
Cyber Security News eMudhra Revokes 8 More Certificate Authorities Following Major SSL Private Key Security Failure · Kavichselvan
BleepingComputer eMudhra revokes 8 more CA certificates after private key mishap · Lawrence Abrams
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