Ironically, “four” is a much better password than a single character.
Not hugely. A single word dictionary attack is still a very low bar.
Hey, it’ll at least save a few more microseconds.
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Do we get a new number of the day tomorrow after having worn out 4? 😆
The next one will be 6. As it’s a perfect number there isn’t any further improvement possible.
I’m voting for 2 as the oddest prime.
what is this referring to? not in infosec at all lol
The headline is: One of the private keys protecting part of the global HTTPS trust system was, according to a report from The Register published October 20, 2026, the number 4. Not a 384-bit cryptographic value. Just the digit 4.
More info here: https://tech-insider.org/emudhra-ca-private-keys-compromised-number-4-2026/
To be precise, it was 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:04
Wow someone actually took that xkcd comic seriously.
Pretty sneaky, sys!(admin)
It is now 5
