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firefox says y'all probably have an expired security certificate. anyway, i get a warning logging into the site.
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Hi otherwise, I am seeing a valid cert for this site, if you are getting invalid certificate errors it could be a sign of a 'man in the middle intrusion' via compromised device or access provider but could be your browser is not up to date with the latest CA (certificate authority) certs. The exact details of the error may cast more light on it. TP. I'm just here by mistake, for a friend, for science... anyway you can't prove nuffin'.
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I just checked myself as well, the certificate expires on the upcoming 2nd of December, so there's no way it would be invalid.
But...
Here's the thing: certificates get trusted by your OS (or browser) because an "absolute trusted source" (a so called "Certificate Authority") has signed them, consider it a stamp of approval. However, those so called CA's come and go. And if you don't keep your "certificate storage" up to date then you may end up not having some of those valid CA certificates, which will also result in your system not trusting any of the certificates they signed because.. your system doesn't know about the CA.
This often happens when you're using outdated environments or don't keep up with security updates.
So.. yeah, I agree with Pencil that an attack could be a cause, but don't overlook outdated setups either.
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