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Four is 6 7 for infosec
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this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2026
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The headline is: One of the private keys protecting part of the global HTTPS trust system was, according to a report from The Register published October 20, 2026, the number 4. Not a 384-bit cryptographic value. Just the digit 4.
More info here: https://tech-insider.org/emudhra-ca-private-keys-compromised-number-4-2026/
To be precise, it was 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:04
To be fair, that is a potential random value