<s>
Trustico	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
dedicated	O
SSL	O
certificate	B-Architecture
provider	I-Architecture
,	O
They	O
are	O
headquartered	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
June	O
2017	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
entered	O
a	O
Partnership	O
with	O
Comodo	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
cyber	O
security	O
solutions	O
and	O
digital	O
certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
became	O
notable	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
CEO	O
transferred	O
the	O
private	B-Application
keys	I-Application
for	O
23,000	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
certificates	O
via	O
email	O
(	O
a	O
non-secure	O
protocol	O
)	O
to	O
an	O
executive	O
at	O
DigiCert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fact	O
that	O
these	O
private	B-Application
keys	I-Application
had	O
been	O
stored	O
by	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
suggested	O
that	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
had	O
been	O
violating	O
the	O
baseline	O
requirements	O
for	O
certificate	B-Architecture
authorities	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
disclosure	O
of	O
a	O
critical	O
security	O
flaw	O
–	O
a	O
publicly	O
accessible	O
root	B-Application
shell	O
–	O
in	O
the	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
website	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
website	O
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
that	O
thousands	O
of	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
customers	O
had	O
their	O
security	O
certificates	O
revoked	O
by	O
DigiCert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
statement	O
,	O
on	O
11	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
to	O
distrust	O
Symantec	O
's	O
SSL	O
Certificates	O
for	O
unsatisfactory	O
security	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trustico	B-General_Concept
followed	O
suit	O
in	O
abandoning	O
Symantec	O
issued	O
SSL	O
Certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trustico	B-General_Concept
offered	O
replacements	O
to	O
all	O
Symantec	O
CA	B-Architecture
Certificates	I-Architecture
issued	O
between	O
June	O
2016	O
and	O
December	O
2017	O
in	O
compensation	O
for	O
those	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
abandonment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
February	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
sent	O
an	O
email	O
to	O
DigiCert	O
requesting	O
the	O
revocation	O
of	O
all	O
Symantec	O
Certificates	O
-	O
around	O
50,000	O
-	O
managed	O
by	O
DigiCert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DigiCert	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
recently	O
acquired	O
Symantec	O
's	O
CA	B-Architecture
business	O
denies	O
the	O
request	O
to	O
mass-revoke	O
the	O
certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
February	O
DigiCert	O
terminated	O
its	O
contract	O
with	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
after	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
said	O
it	O
would	O
seek	O
a	O
legal	O
opinion	O
on	O
the	O
matter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
February	O
DigiCert	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
claiming	O
they	O
had	O
received	O
an	O
email	O
from	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
containing	O
over	O
23,000	O
private	B-Application
keys	I-Application
before	O
mass	O
emailing	O
Trustico	B-General_Concept
's	O
customers	O
about	O
the	O
security	O
breach	O
.	O
</s>
