Three Symantec Employees Fired for Issuing Fake Google SSL Certificates

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  1. Minimalist

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    Minimalist, Sep 20, 2015
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    WoW! :eek:
     
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    This is huge!
     
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    Worse, these were EV certificates. One more nail in the SSL coffin. Again SSL is broke and like Humpty Dumpty, it will never be able to be put together again ..................
     
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    Hopefully MS and Mozilla follow suit.
     
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