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Bugzilla #1717046 Certificate Problem Report

Sectigo: potentially invalid organizational validation certificates

RESOLVED INVALID Sectigo
AI Summary

This case involves concerns regarding Sectigo's issuance of multiple organizational validation certificates for Alipay US Inc. The user reported that the domains associated with these certificates do not appear to be under the control of Alipay US Inc., suggesting a failure in the validation process. Sectigo's SSL Abuse and Malware Team stated that the certificates were issued in accordance with their policies. The case was ultimately resolved with a status of 'INVALID' as further investigation did not yield sufficient evidence of a CA incident.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:57 UTC Confidence: 0.90
Chronology
  1. User reports potentially invalid certificates issued by Sectigo.
  2. Sectigo's SSL Abuse and Malware Team responds, asserting compliance with policies.
  3. Discussion concludes with a recommendation to mark the case as 'INVALID'.
Participants
nickcao@nichi.co ryan.sleevi@gmail.com bwilson@mozilla.com
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