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The factored keypair in question is actually a subkey on HPA's public key. However, it appears that the self signature (which is a signature on the hash of the main public key and the subkey) does not match the hash_check. The issuer of this self signature has the same key_id as HPA's main key, which is why this subkey is listed under HPA's public key.

Here's a json breakdown of the invalid hash_check: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/ba23ca66d2ca249e6f84#file-...

EDIT: It's the EXACT SAME subkey self-signature packet as HPA's real subkey self-signature packet! Someone (by malice or mistake) manually added a subkey to HPA's public key and copied the signature from the other subkey directly onto the new subkey.

These are the same:

Bad subkey self-signature: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/ba23ca66d2ca249e6f84#file-...

Good subkey self-signature: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/ba23ca66d2ca249e6f84#file-...




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