Major web browsers have moved to stop using a software company that certified secure websites, three weeks after The Washington Post reported its connections to a U.S. military contractor.
Major web browsers moved Wednesday to stop using a mysterious software company that certified websites were secure, three weeks after The Washington Post reported its connections to a U.S. military contractor.
The company s name is TrustCor Systems, and it is trusted by several web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Firefox and others, as a root certificate authority.
An offshore company that is trusted by the major web browsers and other tech companies to vouch for the legitimacy of websites has connections to contractors for U.S. intelligence agencies and law enforcement, according to security researchers, documents and interviews.