Trustwave admits crafting SSL snooping certificate

2/9/2012

Allowing bosses to spy on staff was wrong, says security biz

Certificate Authority Trustwave has revoked a digital certificate that allowed one of its clients to issue valid certificates for any server, thereby allowing one of its customers to intercept their employees' private email communication.…

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