Well, yes and no.... https://securelist.com/blog/security-policies/68073/destover-malware-now-digitally-signed-by-sony-certificates/
This particular incident may have been a "joke", but there are rumors (on closed lists) of it being seen in the wild... W On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone come across any reports of abuse due to Sony's compromised > root? I believe its named "Sony Corp. CA 2 Root"? > > I did not find it in the Windows 8.1 certificate store. Are any of the > browsers carrying it around? > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- I don't think the execution is relevant when it was obviously a bad idea in the first place. This is like putting rabid weasels in your pants, and later expressing regret at having chosen those particular rabid weasels and that pair of pants. ---maf _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
