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eMudhra exits global SSL/TLS business after key compromise
The Story in Brief
eMudhra has announced it is voluntarily exiting the global SSL/TLS certificate business after a compromise of private keys linked to eight intermediate Certificate Authority (CA) certificates. The company's shares plunged another 4% to Rs 331 on Friday (23 October 2026), extending a three-session decline that has wiped 39% from the stock.
Chairman V. Srinivasan said the company revoked the affected CAs within 14 hours and that no end-entity certificates were issued and no data was breached. The global SSL/TLS business contributes about 1% of eMudhra's revenue, and Srinivasan cited rising compliance costs and competition from free certificates as reasons for the exit. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said the impact on Indian websites was limited, and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team issued an urgent advisory.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both outlets cover the same core facts: eMudhra exits global SSL/TLS business after weak keys were found in eight intermediate CA certificates. Economic Times leads with the stock crash and the company's defence (no data breached, voluntary exit, 1% revenue), while Livemint leads with the browser-blocking by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla and the IT Ministry's investigation team. Economic Times gives more space to Chairman Srinivasan's explanation, while Livemint foregrounds the risk of misuse and the ministry's probe. Neither outlet challenges the company's account that Indian DSC and eSign services are unaffected. The key framing difference is emphasis: Economic Times follows the business-disruption and share-price angle, Livemint follows the security-incident and government-response angle. The next concrete step is the root-cause investigation eMudhra says is continuing.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report), livemint.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
