Russia is offering its own Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates to bypass sanctions imposed by Western companies and governments that are limiting citizens’ access to websites amid the nation’s invasion of Ukraine. Restrictions on foreign payments are leaving many Russian websites unable to renew certificates with international signing authorities causing browsers to block access to sites. As a result, the Russian state has launched a domestic TLS certificate authority (CA) for the independent issuing and renewal of TLS certificates. The risks of Russian-owned and -issued TLS certificates are significant and include traffic interception and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.
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