Mozilla revokes Firefox signing key after unencrypted copy lands in GitHub

The Register
Aug 11, 2026, 7:36 am111 pts
Mozilla has revoked a cryptographic key used to sign Firefox and Thunderbird releases after discovering someone had accidentally committed an unencrypted copy of the private key to a GitHub repository. The browser maker disclosed the mishap on Monday, saying the GPG private subkey was checked into a private…

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