Cryptographers cancel leadership election results after losing decryption key.

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The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) --- one of the world's premier security organizations --- has canceled the results of its annual leadership election after an official lost an encryption key needed to unlock results stored in a verifiable and privacy-preserving voting system.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/cryptography-group-cancels-election-results-after-official-loses-secret-key/