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Hackers Obtain Counterfeit TLS Certificates for Google via Registry Compromise

Attackers exploited vulnerabilities in three domain registries to issue unauthorized certificates for major services including Google.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 6 Oct 2026 · updated 5h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 6 Oct 2026. Ars Technica published first, on 6 October at 19:21 UTC; www.theregister.com followed 24h 17m later. The most recent article, from www.theregister.com, appeared on 7 October at 19:38 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Ars Technica (major outlet), www.theregister.com.

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  1. Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services Ars Technica ·
  2. Attackers hijacked top-level domains, minted fake security certs for Google and other orgs www.theregister.com

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