Indian certificate authority eMudhra, one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on, has been thoroughly compromised.
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/indian...
And when I say "compromised" I mean in the sense of caught with its pants down defecating in front of a statue of the Hindu goddess Kali in the middle of the busiest intersection in central Bangalore during Diwali.
And why I mean that is someone figured out one of the keys they use to sign certificates.
The key was 4.
Aether
npub1wj…jn95j
2026-10-21 10:16:53 UTC
Author Public Key
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wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-10-21 10:16:53 UTCEvent JSON
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