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CFCA: Precertificate with postalCode and streetAddress swapped

RESOLVED FIXED China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA)

AI Summary

The China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA) identified a certificate with swapped postalCode and streetAddress fields, reported by Michel Le Bihan. Upon receiving the report, CFCA confirmed the error and promptly revoked the incorrect certificate, issuing a corrected one on the same day. The incident was attributed to a staff error during the certificate issuance process. CFCA has since implemented measures to improve staff training and is exploring system improvements to prevent similar issues in the future.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 21:24 UTC Confidence: 1.00

Chronology

2022-05-27 Issue reported by Michel Le Bihan.
2022-06-01 CFCA confirmed the certificate was wrongly issued.
2022-06-02 CFCA revoked the incorrect certificate and issued a new one.

Participants

Michel Le Bihan Ben Wilson Bixin Long

External References

Original Bugzilla Case crt.sh crt.sh

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