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-certification-authority-emudhras-private-keys-compromised-one-of-them-was-the-number-4/5304312
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
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2026-10-21 10:16:53 UTC
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wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-10-21 10:16:53 UTCEvent JSON
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