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Google Domains Impacted by Recent ccTLD Hijacks
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Ionut Arghire
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Google domains were compromised after attackers hijacked several country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) to obtain unauthorized HTTPS certificates. The incident affected multiple organizations and prompted Google to revoke the fraudulent certificates.
Why it matters
This incident highlights vulnerabilities in the global DNS infrastructure and the risks posed by third-party domain management.
Hackers hijacked the .gh, .sl, and .as ccTLDs and obtained HTTPS certificates for several Google domains.
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