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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- IT security provider Comodo (www.comodo.com) revealed this week that a Registration Authority located in Southern Europe was hacked, leading to nine rogue SSL certificates on seven domains.
Top domains like Google, Yahoo, Skype and Windows Live were among the domains targeted.
In a statement released Wednesday, Comodo said the "attacker was well prepared and knew in advance what he was to try to achieve," armed with a "list of targets that he knew he wanted to obtain certificates for, was able quickly to generate the
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