"The hackers behind the attack on StartCom failed to obtain any certificates that would allow them to spoof websites in a similar fashion, and they were also unsuccessful in generating an intermediate certificate that would allow them to act as their own certificate authority, Nigg said in an email."
As opposed to the Comodo breach where the attackers successfully managed to get fake certificates for several high-profile sites.
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"The hackers behind the attack on StartCom failed to obtain any certificates that would allow them to spoof websites in a similar fashion, and they were also unsuccessful in generating an intermediate certificate that would allow them to act as their own certificate authority, Nigg said in an email."
As opposed to the Comodo breach where the attackers successfully managed to get fake certificates for several high-profile sites.