The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on reporting security breaches to investors. It was the most striking disclosure to emerge in a review by Reuters of more than 2,000 documents mentioning breach risks since the SEC guidance was published.
The company, unsurprisingly, is saying nothing. [..] The problem for all of us, naturally, is if the certificate system was hacked, allowing the bad guys to forge certificates. (This has, of course, happened before.)
Are we finally ready to accept that the certificate system is completely broken? — Schneier on Security: VeriSign Hacked, Successfully and Repeatedly, in 2010
The company, unsurprisingly, is saying nothing. [..] The problem for all of us, naturally, is if the certificate system was hacked, allowing the bad guys to forge certificates. (This has, of course, happened before.)
Are we finally ready to accept that the certificate system is completely broken? — Schneier on Security: VeriSign Hacked, Successfully and Repeatedly, in 2010
Short URL for this post: http://tmblr.co/ZYYmbyF_OmIn
