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Story summary
- The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) canceled its leadership election results after a trustee lost the encrypted key.
- The loss, described as an "honest but unfortunate human mistake," occurred during the Helios open-source voting process.
- The election ran from October 17 to November 16 and used the Helios system.
- The IACR will rerun the election with safeguards to prevent recurrence and ensure access to results.
