Listen "Root Causes 156: Kazakhstan Root Attack Revisited"
Episode Synopsis
In the summer of 2019 the Kazakh government attempted to force its citizens to trust its private root, enabling MITM attacks for a variety of potentially nefarious purposes. A recent research paper goes into previously unknown detail about who was targeted and how the regime sought to abuse this short-lived exploit.
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