Symantec Reassures CA Customers, Downplays Google Problem

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Symantec is trying to reassure its CA customers that the situation with Google isn't as bad as it seems to be.

In a message sent out to customers, Symantec is trying to downplay Google's intended "punishment" of the certificate issuer.

The tech giant announced last week that it was planning to stop recognizing the extended validation status of all certificates issued by Symantec-owned certificate authorities for Chrome, with the changes to take effect immediately. The decision came after the company conducted an investigation and discovered that at least 30,000 certificates, spanning over several years, could have been mis-issued.

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[Myriad]

This issue has been festering for some time , and it stinks .

Symantec need to shape-up or shut down .... right now !
They are not doing themselves any favors , nor to the rest of the world .

But as usual , that is just my two khoums worth .....