Security failure at Indian certificate firm bites Ethereum as developers rush out fixes
COINDESK · NEW YORK — A key blunder at Indian certificate issuer eMudhra left some Teku and Besu setups trusting forged certificates. Default mainnet nodes weren’t exposed.
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- 29 October 2026 · 05:30 UTC
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- 29 October 2026 · 05:45 UTC
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