23,000 https Certificates are canceled after a leak

The treatment of the TLS keys has been revealed after a massive leak. In this massive leak, the keys of 23, 000 HTTPS certificates have been obtained . Something that undoubtedly poses a huge security risk. For this reason, all the certificates whose keys have been leaked have had to be canceled immediately.

23, 000 HTTPS certificates are canceled after a leak

Thanks to an HTTPS certificate, all the data exchanged between the server and the client is encrypted. The key is one of the most important aspects in this matter. This is exactly what the executive vice president of DigiCert, a certifying authority, has sent for emai l.

This is what the URL of a secure website looks like

Bulk Filtering of HTTPS Certificates

A mistake of beginner and that one is not expected from one of the top managers of a company that works in this sector. But it is exactly what has happened. He attached in the email the keys of 23, 000 HTTPS certificates. It should be said that all these keys are private. So this error is a huge problem for some 23, 000 web pages worldwide.

In addition, at the same time, this error involves exposing the data of possibly millions of users who visit these web pages that have been affected. The worst thing is that at the moment it is unknown what type of websites have been involved. But there could be pages that handle sensitive user data.

Nothing is currently known about the state of security of these pages. So we hope to know more details in the next few hours. Since it is rare and serious that 23, 000 HTTPS certificates have to be canceled.

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