Google says counterfeit TLS certificates of major services stolen by hackers
THE SO WHAT
Hijacked ccTLDs and counterfeit TLS certs for major brands mean you can no longer treat the padlock as a binary trust signal. CISOs should accelerate certificate transparency monitoring and harden domain governance—especially around country-code domains and third-party registrars.
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