Indian certificate authority eMudhra said Thursday it will stop issuing SSL/TLS certificates days after researchers showed that the private keys securing eight of its certificates were so weak they could be reconstructed in under a second. The announcement closes an incident where major browsers blocked the certificates and Indian authorities launched an investigation.
eMudhra kills its certificate business after researchers cracked its private keys in under a second
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