German Health Insurance Card CA Loses Secret Key

Christiane writes "The SSL Root CA responsible for issuing the German digital health insurance card lost its secret private key during a test enrollment. After their Hardware Security Module (HSM) dutifully deleted its crypto keys during a power outage, it was all 'Oops, why is there no backup?' All issued cards must be replaced: 'Gematik spokesman Daniel Poeschkens poured scorn on the statement that Gematik had insisted on the service provider carrying out a test without backing up the root CA private keys. "We did not decide against a back-up service. The fact of the matter is that the service provider took over the running of the test system, so it also has to warrant its continuous operation. How it fulfills this obligation is its own responsibility."'"

Comments

didn't the Germans learn anything from Bushie?

[swschrad]

(1) outsourced government works even less well.

(2) exceptions are covered under rule #1.

Re:Wrong Title, Wrong summary

[Bigjeff5]

Have you ever been to a 7-11 in Seattle? My buddy and I stopped in to about 4 or 5 7-11's looking for directions (we were just passing through and very unfamiliar with Seattle). The very first 7-11 we stopped at I was like "Holy shit, no way!" it was an Indian immigrant at the counter, barely spoke english, naturally didn't know jack about where anything was. So we drove and found another. It was being run by another Indian who also didn't know jack about the town (we were looking for a Walmart, apparently there was one a couple miles away, but we kept missing it). By the third 7-11 with an Indian who didn't know jack about the town it became a combination of realizing that sometimes the stereotype is not an exaggeration by any stretch and wondering how the hell they get by on a gas station attendant's salary without knowing where frickin walmart is. When we saw that the fourth 7-11 was also being run by an Indian, we decided to forget it and just head out of town. We managed to find a Walmart off the highway after not too long.

Here I thought it was just an over-exageration because the only 7-11 near where I live is run by hippies, oddly enough. Turns out the stereotype came about because it can be very, very true.