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Story summary
- The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) canceled its leadership election after a trustee lost an encryption key.
- The election used Helios, an open-source system that preserves vote confidentiality and verifiability.
- That key loss made decrypting and verifying results impossible.
- IACR will require two of three key shares for future elections.
- A new election is underway and runs until December 20, 2025.
