A technical fault, a script error during the wrap-unwrap process resulted in a weak key. The key was conformant to all the standards, but a weak key could be reverse engineered using modern AI tools and scripts that run mathematical algorithms, co-founder Kaushik Srinivasan of eMudhra told ET in an interview defending the incident that made global headlines and led the Indian government to form a committee to investigate.“It was just a bad day.
