HSM outage causes root CA key loss

[Stefan Kelm]

> http://www.heise.de/security/E-Gesundheitskarte-Datenverlust-mit-Folgen--/news/meldung/141864
> 
> reports that the PKI for their electronic health card has just run into
> trouble: they were storing the root CA key in an HSM, which failed.  They now
> have a PKI with no CA key for signing new certs or revoking existing ones.

Actually, for a couple of days now they didn't stop pointing out that
they were still running the PKI in a test environment and that only
'a few hundred test cards' are affected... Just stupid nonetheless...
:-\

Cheers,

	Stefan.

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