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Bugzilla #1639794 Certificate Problem Report

Let's Encrypt: Failure to revoke key-compromised certificate within 24 hours

RESOLVED FIXED Internet Security Research Group
AI Summary

Let's Encrypt received a report on May 5, 2020, regarding a compromised private key and associated certificates. Although the report was processed within 24 hours, a procedural error led to a delay in the actual revocation, which occurred 37 hours and 21 minutes after the report was received. The incident prompted Let's Encrypt to revise its revocation procedures to reduce human error and improve compliance with the necessary standards. The CA has since implemented automated processes to handle such incidents more effectively.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:12 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. Report of compromised key received.
  2. Certificate revoked after routine check.
  3. Boulder update deployed to improve revocation process.
Participants
mpalmer@hezmatt.org jsha@letsencrypt.org agabbitas@letsencrypt.org pporada@letsencrypt.org bwilson@mozilla.com ryan.sleevi@gmail.com
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