{"id":374299,"date":"2026-10-23T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374299"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:56:09","slug":"emudhra-limited-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/emudhra-limited-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"eMudhra Limited Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\"><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> eMudhra limited has revealed that eight private keys associated with its certificates have been compromised.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About eMudhra Limited Controversy<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-374338\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"eMudhra Limited Controversy\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=1024%2C585&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Source-India-Today.jpg?w=1036&amp;ssl=1 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; India Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>eMudhra<\/strong> is an <\/span><b>Indian digital trust company<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for<\/span> providing<b> digital certificates and identity verification services <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ensure secure online transactions.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>It is India\u2019s largest certifying authority <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the<\/span><b> digital signature certificate market.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Foundation Year:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was founded in <\/span><b>2008.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Listed by:<\/strong> It is listed by India\u2019s <\/span><b>Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the <\/span><b>Information Technology Act, 2000.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Note: Other licensed authorities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">include <\/span><b>Safescrypt, Capricorn and nCode.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also<\/span> associated with<b> Aadhaar-linked electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) services.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Role: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span><b> issues digital signature certificates, provides electronic signing services and supplies technology for authenticating online identities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>securing digital transactions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Operability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It<\/span><b> operates in more than 35 countries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and serves businesses, financial institutions and government organisations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Role of Certification Authorities: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These authorities are organisations entrusted with issuing digital certificates that<\/span><b> establish the identity of websites, individuals or organisations.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>How these certificates are issued: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These<\/span><b> certificates are issued through a hierarchy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> consisting of trusted root authorities, intermediate authorities and certificates issued to websites or other end users.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These certificates <\/span><b>form part of the Internet\u2019s public key infrastructure (PKI), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which <\/span><b>allows users and computer systems to verify identities and communicate securely.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Example: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a user opens a website beginning with HTTPS, the browser checks its digital certificate to establish whether it can trust the website\u2019s identity and create an encrypted connection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Controversy related to eMudhra certificate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> issue with eMudhra certificates is that it had eight digital certificates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <strong>weak private keys<\/strong> that <strong>attackers<\/strong> could potentially <strong>recover within seconds<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could <\/span><b>allow attackers to create fake certificates, impersonate legitimate websites, or make malicious software<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> appear trustworthy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: eMudhra limited has revealed that eight private keys associated with its certificates have been compromised.\u00a0\u00a0 About eMudhra Limited Controversy eMudhra is an Indian digital trust company for providing digital certificates and identity verification services to ensure secure online transactions.\u00a0 It is India\u2019s largest certifying authority in the digital signature certificate market. 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