Estonia has canceled its 760,000 of its national ID cards after researchers found a cryptography flaw they contain is “much worse” than they thought.
As Ars Technica reports updating original revelations about the cards’ vulnerabilities last month, hackers could potentially steal holders’ identities at a fraction of the original time and cost.
“There were no known incidents of an Estonian digital ID card being misused, but all previous certificates containing the vulnerability were suspended on Friday,” Kaspar Korjus, head of the country’s e-Residency scheme announced Friday.
Estonia’s cards are used for various state-related activities and are among those identified as compromisable by hackers…
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