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Bugzilla #1546253 Certificate Misissuance

GDCA: Authentication of Organization Identity Failure for an OV Certificate

RESOLVED FIXED Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority Co., Ltd. (Formerly Guang Dong Certificate Authority (GDCA))
AI Summary

Global Digital Cybersecurity Authority (GDCA) identified a mis-issued OV certificate during a routine internal audit on April 19, 2019. The certificate, issued on March 28, 2019, contained an error in the organization field due to operator oversight. GDCA promptly revoked the certificate and implemented measures to prevent similar issues, including updating their Sensitive Data List and retraining their validation team. The incident has been resolved, and GDCA has committed to ongoing internal audits to ensure compliance.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 18:11 UTC Confidence: 1.00
Chronology
  1. Certificate mis-issued
  2. GDCA identified the mis-issued certificate
  3. GDCA revoked the affected certificate
  4. GDCA notified WebTrust auditor
Participants
capoc@gdca.com.cn wthayer@fastly.com
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