SSL Certificate for Mozilla.com Issued Without Validation

[ Thanks to Eddy Nigg for this link. ]

"It all started when people started receiving this email stating that their SSL certificate was going to expire: Dear Webmaster,

" *** Expire Notice for SSL Certificate issued to *.startcom.org ***

"Your SSL certificate will expire in 10 Days! It is important that you purchase a new certificate to ensure that the security of your website or application is maintained. If you are not the webmaster please forward this message to the appropriate person in your organization."

Untrusted Certificates also reports on this.--ed.

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