HSM outage causes root CA key loss

[Charles McElwain]

At 5:58 PM +1200 7/13/09, Peter Gutmann wrote:
>I haven't been able to find an English version of this, but the following news
>item from Germany:
>
>http://www.heise.de/security/E-Gesundheitskarte-Datenverlust-mit-Folgen--/news/meldung/141864


http://www.h-online.com/security/Loss-of-data-has-serious-consequences-for-German-electronic-health-card--/news/113740

>
>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.
>

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