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[–] 118 points 6 days ago (7 children)

There are two parts to this answer.

First, as many have pointed out, eMudhra as a trusted certificate authority has issued eight high-level certificates with a key length of onle 3-8 bits, when they should be 384 bits long. And yes, the smallest key was '4'.

But the other point is tha xkcd predicted using 4 as a random number, decades ago. It was supposed to be a joke.

https://xkcd.com/221/

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  • [–] 54 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

    xkcd also happened to release a comic about a "vulnerability in the number 3" the same day the eMudhra news broke.

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