Astonishingly, the private keys were 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237.

exploiting compromised certificates requires an active adversary-in-the-middle attack, meaning the attacker must act as a proxy between two TLS parties and receive encrypted traffic, decrypt it, reencrypt it, and send it to the other party. Such capabilities, in some cases, are usually limited to only the most well-resourced attackers. People with control of a local network—at a coffee shop, university, or other organization—face much less of a challenge.

https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/

Xkcd 221: int getRandomNumber() { return 4; // chosen by fair dice roll. guaranteed to be random. }

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[–] 261 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (17 children)

I think that this isn't really getting the right attention, about what a massive WTF situation this is...

its a 384 bit certificate and this is the private key

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that is just fucking NUTS

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  • [–] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It's like winning the lottery

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago

    Winning the lottery is (ballpark) 1 in 10^9, so generating a key below a million is like winning 11 lotteries in a row, while buying 1 ticket in each.

    They wouldn't know how you'd done it, but I think you'd be arrested, with valid probable cause.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (3 children)
    4E:65:76:65:72:20:67:6F:6E:6E:61:20:67:69:76:
    65:20:79:6F:75:20:75:70:20:4E:65:76:65:72:20:
    67:6F:6E:6E:61:20:6C:65:74:20:79:6F:75:20:64:
    6F:77:6E
    

    is much more secure.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    LOL, People are never gonna give this up.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I mean, yes, it’s entirely possible and within the realm of probability of getting that as a key. But realistically it’s very, very, fucking unlikely.

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