German health card CA loses secret key

[Brian Morrison]

It seems that a power outage caused an encryption module to delete its
keys, at which point it was discovered that there was no backup:

http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/14/150243/German-Health-Insurance-Card-CA-Loses-Secret-Key?from=rss

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Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

   "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud;
    after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it."
    
GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html
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