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Bugzilla #1720744 Certificate Misissuance

Sectigo: State name in localityName

RESOLVED FIXED Sectigo
AI Summary

Sectigo identified an issue where six certificates were issued with 'Suffolk' listed in both the stateOrProvinceName and localityName fields, leading to a misissuance. The problem was discovered during an internal investigation on July 9, 2021, and the affected certificates were revoked by July 13, 2021. The error was attributed to a former RA's mistake and a lack of programmatic controls. Sectigo has since implemented measures to prevent similar issues, including plans to eliminate the localityName field from future certificates.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 20:57 UTC Confidence: 0.95
Chronology
  1. Certificates discovered with incorrect locality information
  2. Two of the affected certificates expire
  3. Remaining four certificates revoked
Participants
Tim Callan Ryan Sleevi
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