eMudhra to exit overseas web security certificate business as stock takes beating

eMudhra to exit overseas web security certificate business as stock takes beating left The firm said that web security certificates issued for non-Indian subscribers accounted for less than 1% of their revenue but was causing a disproportionate amount of reputational loss for the company, https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/v5i3ug/article71613192.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/IMG_emudhra-logo.jpg_2_1_2I9SH897.jpg cueapi The firm is reeling from eight web security certificates’ private keys being exposed, an incident that could leave out-of-date devices vulnerable to sites using forged security certificates. NEW DELHI eMudhra Ltd., whose intermediate security certificates’ private keys were exposed on Tuesday in an extraordinary security incident, will exit the global business for offering web security certificates, the firm announced on Thursday, after the firm’s stocks hit the circuit breaker for two trading sessions. The incident may have wide-ranging consequences, since eight web security certificates can now be issued by attackers that seem legitimate to devices that have not received updates to distrust them.