This is the story of how a single hacker brought down DigiNotar, a company trusted to secure national governments and millions of users online. In this episode of The Encryption Edge, we break down how weak security, a six-week cover-up, and one rogue certificate caused a global trust crisis, halted government services, and forced browsers like Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla to change the rules of the web forever. Learn how this breach led to Certificate Transparency, stricter browser rules, and faster-expiring certificates; the lessons that make the internet safer today.

How One Hacker Killed a Global Digital Trust Company

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